2022 New York City Subway attack

On the morning of April 12, 2022, a mass shooting was committed on a northbound N train on the New York City Subway in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, New York, United States. At approximately 8:24 a.m. EDT, a 62-year-old Black nationalist Frank Robert James put on a gas mask, threw two smoke grenades, and fired a handgun 33 times. The shooting occurred as the train was traveling between the 59th Street and 36th Street stations.

This article is about the mass shooting in April. For the fatal pushing of a Chinese-American woman onto the subway tracks in January, see Death of Michelle Go.

2022 New York City Subway attack
Interior of an R46 subway car, similar to the one attacked
LocationN train pulling into the 36th Street station, New York City, United States
DateApril 12, 2022 (2022-04-12)
c. 8:24 a.m. (EDT)
TargetCommuters on the N train
Attack type
Mass shooting, attempted murder
Weapons
Deaths0
Injured29 (10 by gunfire, 19 by other causes)
PerpetratorFrank Robert James
MotiveBlack Supremacy and Afrocentrism, Anti-White hatred, Hispanophobia, Anti-Asian hatred
VerdictGuilty plea on charges of federal terrorism
Sentence10 concurrent life sentences without parole plus 10 years
ChargesFederal charges:
Committing a terrorist attack on a mass transportation system (10 counts)
Discharge of firearm during the commission of a crime of violence (1 count)
State charges:
Pending

Although no one died, 29 people were injured; ten victims were hit by direct gunfire, while the remaining injuries were from smoke inhalation. Most passengers disembarked at 36th Street, where some passengers fled onto an R train that traveled one additional stop to 25th Street. On the day after the attack, Frank James was arrested as the suspect after a large manhunt. James was charged by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York with committing a terrorist act on a mass transit system and discharging a firearm during the commission of a Crime of Violence, to which James pleaded not guilty. On January 3, 2023, James pled guilty to federal terrorism charges. On October 5, 2023, James was sentenced to life in prison.

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