A quick-thinking transit worker. A father and son off to school. A teenager on a field trip. They all played a part in catching a suspect.
Tag: Brooklyn, NY, Subway Shooting (April 12, 2022)
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Before Subway Attack Charges, Frank James Had Decades of Petty Offenses
As he drifted from New York to Milwaukee, Frank R. James has faced criminal charges over the years — but nothing on the scale of the mass-shooting the police said he committed this week.
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For M.T.A. Workers, a Normal Tuesday Until Bullets Began to Fly
“Thanks to you, no passengers were left behind and no lives were lost,” Mayor Eric Adams said at a ceremony honoring the workers’ calm response to the chaos during the subway shooting.
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Subway Shooting Victim Recounts a Routine Commute Before the Chaos
Houari Benkada was fasting for Ramadan and had woken up for a pre-dawn meal with his mother before setting off for work at the New Yorker Hotel. He is recovering from a gunshot wound.