NYC authorities identify suspect in Brooklyn subway shooting

NYC authorities identify suspect in Brooklyn subway shooting

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New York City authorities have identified a suspect in a subway shooting Tuesday morning in Brooklyn that left 23 people wounded.

LEILA FADEL, HOST:

The man who New York City police called a person of interest in yesterday's subway shootings in Brooklyn is now a suspect. Here's Mayor Eric Adams speaking this morning on member station WNYC.

ERIC ADAMS: I was briefed by the team, and we know his - one of his motives³ was to create terror in our system.

FADEL: The attack wounded 23 people. Investigators⁴ say they also found a gun, fireworks and fuses in the subway station. Joining us now is Gwynne Hogan of WNYC. Hi, Gwynne.

GWYNNE HOGAN, BYLINE⁵: Hey, Leila.

FADEL: So, Gwynne, what do we know about the suspect?

HOGAN: So his name is Frank R. James. He's a 62-year-old man with addresses in Wisconsin and Philadelphia, though he also appears to have ties to New York. Police identified James as a suspect after they found a key at the subway station and then tracked that back to a U-Haul van James had rented. Now, yesterday, police were just saying they wanted to locate James to interview him, but now Mayor Eric Adams and police are confirming he is, in fact, the prime suspect in this attack. Adams says that new information became available, but he didn't give specifics on that.

FADEL: So part of the investigation⁶ is expected to center on dozens of videos the suspect posted on YouTube. What do we know about those videos?

HOGAN: That's right. Police had mentioned this yesterday, that they were reviewing social media posts from James. He has a YouTube channel with thousands of followers⁷. On it, he mentions Mayor Eric Adams. He talks about the mayor's efforts to tamp⁸ down on crime. But in one video, he was saying that there was no way Adams could prevent a random⁹ attack on the subway. He also talks about being institutionalized. He talks about wanting to kill everything in sight in one video. And this is hours of recordings¹⁰. He also railed about the war in Ukraine, the Russian president, the threat of nuclear war, racism¹¹ and PTSD.

FADEL: Now, police also talked about how the shooting unfolded. What were they able to put together from video and witness statements?

HOGAN: Well, this all took place during rush hour, as the train was pulling into a station in Sunset Park in Brooklyn. Now, the suspect was wearing a construction vest and had a construction helmet on when he put on a gas mask and opened up two smoke grenades. Then, he - police say that he pulled out a gun and started shooting - 33 shots in all. There's footage that has appeared on social media from people who were there that showed smoke pouring out of the train as soon as the doors opened and people laying on the platform floor and in the subway floor who had been injured. One of my co-workers, Juliana Fonda, was actually on that train on her way to work...

FADEL: Oh, wow.

HOGAN: ...At the time of the attack. Police have said, later, they recovered items at the station that included empty - two empty gas canisters, a hatchet¹², gasoline and a 9 mm semiautomatic Glock.

FADEL: And so far, they say, they don't have a motive².

That's Gwynne Hogan with member station WNYC. Gwynne, thank you for your reporting.

HOGAN: Thank you.

1 transcript   

n.抄本，誊本，副本，肄业证书

参考例句：

• A transcript of the tapes was presented as evidence in court.一份录音带的文字本作为证据被呈交法庭。
• They wouldn't let me have a transcript of the interview.他们拒绝给我一份采访的文字整理稿。

2 motive   

n.动机，目的；adv.发动的，运动的

参考例句：

• The police could not find a motive for the murder.警察不能找到谋杀的动机。
• He had some motive in telling this fable.他讲这寓言故事是有用意的。

3 motives   

n.动机，目的( motive的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• to impeach sb's motives 怀疑某人的动机
• His motives are unclear. 他的用意不明。

4 investigators   

n.调查者，审查者( investigator的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• This memo could be the smoking gun that investigators have been looking for. 这份备忘录可能是调查人员一直在寻找的证据。
• The team consisted of six investigators and two secretaries. 这个团队由六个调查人员和两个秘书组成。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 byline   

n.署名；v.署名

参考例句：

• His byline was absent as well.他的署名也不见了。
• We wish to thank the author of this article which carries no byline.我们要感谢这篇文章的那位没有署名的作者。

6 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

7 followers   

追随者( follower的名词复数 )； 用户； 契据的附面； 从动件

参考例句：

• the followers of Mahatma Gandhi 圣雄甘地的拥护者
• The reformer soon gathered a band of followers round him. 改革者很快就获得一群追随者支持他。

8 tamp   

v.捣实，砸实

参考例句：

• Then I tamp down the soil with the back of a rake.然后我用耙子的背将土壤拍实。
• Philpott tamped a wad of tobacco into his pipe.菲尔波特往烟斗里塞了一卷碎烟叶。

9 random   

adj.随机的；任意的；n.偶然的(或随便的)行动

参考例句：

• The list is arranged in a random order.名单排列不分先后。
• On random inspection the meat was found to be bad.经抽查，发现肉变质了。

10 recordings   

n.记录( recording的名词复数 )；录音；录像；唱片

参考例句：

• a boxed set of original recordings 一套盒装原声录音带
• old jazz recordings reissued on CD 以激光唱片重新发行的老爵士乐

11 racism   

n.民族主义；种族歧视(意识)

参考例句：

• He said that racism is endemic in this country.他说种族主义在该国很普遍。
• Racism causes political instability and violence.种族主义道致政治动荡和暴力事件。

12 hatchet   

n.短柄小斧；v.扼杀

参考例句：

• I shall have to take a hatchet to that stump.我得用一把短柄斧来劈这树桩。
• Do not remove a fly from your friend's forehead with a hatchet.别用斧头拍打朋友额头上的苍蝇。