Brooklyn Subway Shooting: New York Police Identify Person Of Interest As Frank James

New York City agencies are offering a joint $50,000 reward for any information leading to the arrest of the suspect involved in Tuesday's shooting

New Delhi: Hours after 23 people were left injured during a rush-hour shooting at a subway station in Brooklyn on Tuesday, the New York City police named a person of interest.

The New York Police Department has described the suspected shooter as a man about 5 feet 5 inches tall and weighing around 180 pounds. The police have revealed the name of the person of interest as Frank James.

"This is Frank James. He is a person of interest in the shooting that took place on the N train in Brooklyn Tuesday morning. Anyone with information on his whereabouts is asked to call @NYPDTips at 1-800-577-TIPS," the police department tweeted.

James is believed to be 62 and lives in Wisconsin and Philadelphia, accroding to a Reuters report that cited New York Police. 

"The suspect is a dark-skinned male and was wearing a neon-orange vest and a grey-colored sweatshirt," said New York Police Department Commissioner Keechant Sewell, according to news agency ANI report.

The suspect in the shooting incident had opened smoke grenades on the train and fired his gun 33 times, striking at least 10 people on Tuesday morning, as per the NYPD Chief of Detectives James Essig.

Investigators at the scene also discovered a Glock handgun, three extended magazines, two detonated smoke grenades, two non-detonated smoke grenades and a hatchet, Essig added.

However, injuries to the victims didn’t appear to be life-threatening, informed NYPD Commissioner Keechant Sewell.

Meanwhile, New York City agencies have announced a joint $50,000 reward for any information that can help in arresting the suspect involved in Tuesday's shooting, as per a statement from the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA). The MTA and Transport Workers Union (TWU) Local 100 both offered $12,500 each in reward money and the New York City Police Foundation offered $25,000 in reward money to bring the total reward offering to $50,000.

"We know this incident is of grave concern to New Yorkers," Sewell said. "We cannot lose sight of victims in this city. We will use every resource we can to bring those to justice who continue to prey on the citizens of New York."

Around 23 people were injured after a man wearing a gas mask opened fire and threw a smoke canister aboard the moving train during the morning rush hour, said Sewell.

"He then shot multiple passengers as the train pulled into 36th Street station in Sunset Park. 10 people were injured by the gunfire & an additional 13 were either injured as they rushed to get out of the train station or they suffered smoke inhalation," she said.