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UNBELIEVABLE: Suspect named in us manhunt for new york city subway shooter | History Defined

Frank R James has been identified by police as the renter of a U-Haul van abandoned near a New York subway station after the shooting [Courtesy of NYPD via AP]

New York City authorities have identified a suspect being sought in the shooting on a Brooklyn subway train as Frank R James, a 62-year-old man from Philadelphia who police say had rented a van connected to the incident that left 10 people shot.

Previously identified as a person of interest, James has now been named as the gunman by the New York Police Department in the shooting that happened at about 8:30am (12:30 GMT) on Tuesday during the morning commuter rush.

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