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Heroes who helped catch subway shooting suspect honored

By FOX 5 NY Staff
Updated  April 21, 2022 5:23am EDT
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Heroes who helped catch subway shooting suspect honored

The brave NYPD officers and New Yorkers who helped authorities catch the alleged Brooklyn subway shooter were honored outside police headquarters in Lower Manhattan on Wednesday.

NEW YORK - Mayor Eric Adams, Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell, and other officials gathered Wednesday to honor the police officers and civilians who helped capture alleged Brooklyn mass shooter Frank James.

Last week, authorities say James unleashed smoke bombs and dozens of bullets into a train full of morning commuters. He has been charged with a federal terrorism offense that applies to attacks on mass transit systems.

Thanks to the quick thinking by New Yorkers, just 30 hours after the incident, James was apprehended.

"They loved this city so much that they went after the person who tried to destroy our way of life," Adams said at the ceremony.

The youngest of the honorees was 17-year-old Jack Griffin, who photographed James and shared the picture on Twitter while out on a field trip with his photography class. 

Who is Frank James?

By the time police arrested Frank James, the prime suspect in the Brooklyn subway shooting, they had been digging into his background for nearly 24 months, learning about his criminal history, social media posts and more.