NYC subway shooting suspect charged with one federal count of terrorism

• Frank James, 62, was arrested Wednesday in connection to the mass shooting on a New York subway.
• James was charged with one federal count of terrorism, the Justice Department announced.

The suspect in the New York subway mass shooting has been charged with one federal count of terrorism, the Department of Justice announced Wednesday.

Frank James, 62, was arrested Wednesday afternoon in connection to a mass shooting on a subway in the Sunset Park neighborhood of Brooklyn, officials said.

During rush hour Tuesday morning, the suspect detonated two smoke grenades and opened fire as a Manhattan-bound N train pulled into the 36th Street subway station in the Sunset Park neighborhood of Brooklyn.

In the panic that ensued, ten people were shot, and more than a dozen were injured. Some were treated for smoke inhalation.

Police launched a city-wide manhunt for the suspect after Frank James, 62, was named a "person of interest" in the incident. Authorities received a tip Wednesday afternoon that he was at a McDonald's in the East Village.

When officers arrived at the McDonald's, the suspect was not in the building, New York Police Department Chief of Department Kenneth Corey said. Police drove around the surrounding area before apprehending him nearby. They took him into custody "on the corner of St. Marks and First," Corey said.

Breon Peace, the US attorney for the Eastern District of New York, said James "committed a heinous and premeditated attack on ordinary New Yorkers during their morning subway commute."

"All New Yorkers have the right to expect that they will be safe as they travel throughout our great city and use our vital transportation systems," Peace said in a statement.

James will make his initial appearance in court on Thursday. He faces life in prison if convicted.