Who Is New York Subway Shooting Suspect? $50,000 Reward For More Info

A $50,000 reward is being offered for information that can lead to the arrest of the person who attacked a New York City subway train and station this week.

The joint reward was put up by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), New York Police Foundation and Transport Workers Union in response to the shooting at 36th St. station in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, Tuesday, the MTA announced in a statement released on the day of the incident.

An armed person set off a smoke canister and fired a handgun 33 times inside a Brooklyn subway train and station shortly before 8:25 a.m. that day as a Manhattan-bound N train approached the station, Fox News reported.

The shooter was wearing a gas mask, construction vest, work helmet and hooded gray sweatshirt at the time of the incident, New York City Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell said in a news conference.

The suspect was described as a 170-pound, 5-foot-5-tall Black male with a heavy build.

The attack left at least 23 people injured, officials said. Ten were shot, including seven men and three women, and another 13 people suffered injuries from smoke inhalation, falling down or a panic attack.

Five were left in critical condition, but they were expected to survive, according to the Fox News report.

Overall, at least 29 people were reportedly treated at hospitals for gunshot wounds, smoke inhalation and other conditions. None of the injuries appeared to be life-threatening.

Police recovered a 9mm handgun, hatchet, gasoline and "consumer-grade fireworks" at the scene, Sewell said.

The shooter's weapon jammed, which prevented them from continuing to fire, investigators believe.

A credit card with the name of 63-year-old Frank R. James on it was also found, The New York Times reported. A key to a U-Haul van that James rented, which police found abandoned close to the site of the attack, was also discovered.

James lived out of the van as his clothing and personal care products were inside the vehicle, police believed.

Authorities have since identified James as a person of interest and are determining whether or not he was connected to the shooting, NYPD Chief of Detectives James Essig said.

Investigators are pursuing "several leads" and feel confident they will make an arrest, New York City Mayor Eric Adams said.

James, who had addresses in Wisconsin and Philadelphia, was not named as a suspect. It is unclear if he is the suspected shooter, the NYPD said.

He reportedly claimed in a video that he had been diagnosed with a mental illness and criticized New York City's "horror show" of mental health services.

Additionally, James had reportedly ranted about race issues and claimed that the Russian invasion of Ukraine was proof that Black people were treated with disdain in society.

Anyone with information on the shooting is advised to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS or log onto the CrimeStoppers website. People can receive a reward of up to $3,500 for providing tips that lead to an arrest or an indictment.