Frank James, the man suspected of having shot Tuesday in the New York subway at rush hour, injuring 23 including 10 by bullet, was placed in pre-trial detention Thursday, April 14, accused of having "
sown the terror throughout the city
” by the prosecutor.
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Dressed in a loose khaki shirt, the suspect, a 62-year-old African American arrested the day before in Manhattan, appeared for the first time in federal court in Brooklyn and heard the charges against him, including that of "
terrorist attack
” which now puts him at risk of life in prison.
He "
opened fire on the passengers of a crowded subway train, interrupting their morning commute in a way this city had not seen in over 20 years
," prosecutor Sara Winik said.
“
His attack was premeditated, it was carefully planned and it struck terror among the victims and throughout the city
,” she added.
Remained silent during this brief hearing, Frank James several times took notes that he passed to his two lawyers.
In a statement to the press, in federal court, one of them, Mia Eisner-Grynberg, warned against any “
hasty judgment
” of her client, without clearly saying whether he denied being the shooter .
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"
What we do know is this: Yesterday Frank James saw his picture in the news, he called the police to help, he said where he was
," she said.
“
Often, the first information from the press and the police in this type of case is inaccurate
,” she added, recalling that her client was entitled to a “
fair trial
”.
