'We got him!' NYC Mayor Eric Adams is Slammed for taking credit for capture of Smirking subway gunman who roamed city and trains for 29HRS before Calling Cops HIMSELF and saying 'I think you're looking for me'
- His criminal record includes multiple charges in New York and New Jersey including charges for possessing burglary tools, Criminal Sex Act, criminal tampering, trespassing, larceny and disorderly conduct
- They were slammed by New Yorkers who pointed out how James had been able to evade the entire city's law enforcement and FBI for nearly 30 years
New York City Mayor Eric Adams and the NYPD Commissioner Keechant Sewell have been skewered for trying to take credit for the arrest of subway shooting suspect Frank James on Wednesday when it was a 21-year-old security worker who spotted him and alerted police, after James himself called police, saying: 'I heard you were looking for me.'
The New York Post cites sources who say James also called 911 himself, telling them where he would be, and saying: 'You know, I think you're looking for me. I'm seeing my picture all over the news and I'll be around this McDonald's.'
Frank James, the suspect in the Brooklyn subway shooting, walks outside a police precinct in New York City on Wednesday
Now that he is in custody, attention will turn to why it took the police so long to find him in a city that is covered in surveillance cameras, and why it took a member of the public to finally bring him down.
James has a long rap sheet with charges in New York and New Jersey dating back to the 1990s for possessing burglary tools, criminal sex acts, criminal tampering, trespassing, larceny and disorderly conduct.
It has now emerged that he was known to the FBI and was questioned in 2019 in New Mexico - though it is not yet clear why.
He was cleared but was entered into the state's 'Guardian Lead' system.
The Guardian Program is the bureau's terrorist threat and suspicious incident tracking system.
Despite being on that list, James was unimpeded as he relentlessly uploaded hate-speech-filled clips on YouTube about how oppressed black people were and how black and white people should have 'no contact', for weeks before Tuesday's attack.
'This is what white b*****s and white m*********ers' expect you to be… when you blow one of their f*****g brains out – this is what you asked for. This is how you wanted me to be, obviously,' he said.
Brooklyn subway shooting: Gunman Frank James is ARRESTED and held in NYPD custody | Daily Mail Online