In court on Thursday, Frank James, 62, refused bail and did not speak out against a law banning terrorism and violent attacks on public transport. He was arrested a day earlier in Manhattan’s East Village after calling police. hours earlier, a teenager had called Crime Stoppers to report seeing her. Twenty-nine people were hospitalized when James allegedly threw smoke grenades and dropped 33 bullets into a passenger car during Tuesday morning’s rush to Brooklyn. Ten people were shot and another 19 were injured by smoke inhalation, a fall or a panic attack, officials said. The four victims who were still being treated on Thursday were in stable condition, according to hospital officials. Although officials have not revealed the motive for one of the most violent attacks in the city subway, they have posted videos on YouTube in which James shares his views on violence, mass shootings and mental health. James, the black man, says in the videos that he suffered from post-traumatic stress and supported hatred for African Americans and other people he believed had abused him. In a video released in February, he criticized a plan by the Adams administration to deal with security and homelessness on the subway, saying it was “doomed to fail”. City officials want to increase security in the subway system, the mayor told CNN on Wednesday, noting that the process would involve examining technology that could detect someone carrying a firearm. “But it is extremely difficult to locate anyone entering the subway because of the vastness of our system,” he said. On the day of the shooting, more than 3 million people boarded the system, which also includes passengers using the Staten Island Railway, with the Metropolitan Transport Authority. The following photo gallery contains graphic images. The discretion of the viewer is recommended.

Prosecutors: Attack was ‘carefully planned’

At James’s hearing, Assistant Attorney General Sarah Winnick described the attack as “premeditated and carefully planned.” Prosecutors also said James was a fugitive and a danger to the community, according to a letter from U.S. Attorney Breon Peace to a federal judge. “The defendant committed a preliminary mass shooting in the New York subway and then fled the scene, storing a stockpile of ammunition and other dangerous items in the storage unit,” the letter said. Defense attorney Mia Eisner-Grynberg warned against rushing the crisis. “We are all still learning what happened on that train,” he said outside the court. “What we do know is this: Yesterday, Mr. James saw his picture on the news. He called the Crime Stoppers for help. He told them where he was. The initial reports from the press and the police in cases like this are often inaccurate. “Mr. James deserves a fair trial and we will make sure he gets it.” The shooting for which James is accused took place as a train was traveling from 59th Street Station to 36th Street Station in Brooklyn shortly before 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The suspect was wearing a yellow hard hat, an orange reflective jacket and a surgical mask as he put on at least one smoke device and started shooting at people with a Glock pistol, according to a criminal complaint. Witnesses saw the suspect wearing a gas mask, the complaint said. The passengers panicked as they tried to escape the smoke that flooded the train while running to one end of the car. The doors opened only 2 minutes later, when the train arrived at 36th Street Station and the passengers left the train as the smoke followed, a video shows. Other victims with bloody injuries fell on the podium as they shouted for medical attention. Blood flowed on the subway platform, with people sitting and lying on the platform, show the photos taken at the spot.

The evidence linking the suspect to the shooting

James was initially named as a person of interest after authorities found out he rented the U-Haul van whose keys were found at the scene. Investigators found him suspicious on Wednesday morning, after learning that he bought the weapon that was left at the scene. Authorities also found a bag containing a Glock pistol, a plastic gas canister, a flashlight, a U-Haul key and several bank cards, as well as another bag containing fireworks, the complaint said. James bought the gun in Ohio in 2011, the bank cards bore James’ name and the U-Haul key was attached to a truck that James had rented in Philadelphia, according to the complaint. A neon jacket left on the subway platform had James with a receipt for a storage facility in Philadelphia, the complaint states. Federal prosecutors believe he went to the warehouse full of ammunition and weapons the night before the attack, according to court documents. The search of the unit revealed additional ammunition and “a 9 mm pistol barrel with a thread that allows the installation of a muffler or suppressor”. Hours before James’ arrest, 17-year-old Jack Griffin said he was on a high school photography trip when he spotted the suspect sitting on a bench in Manhattan’s Lower East Side. Griffin submitted the tip to the NYPD Crime Stoppers around 10:30 p.m. And although James was not arrested for several hours, the NYPD later told him that the tip helped limit their net to where he was, he said. “It’s crazy,” he said. “I was looking for things to shoot (with a camera) and I probably found one of the most wanted people.” CNN’s Caroll Alvarado, Chris Boyette, Travis Caldwell, Alaa Elassar, Rob Frehse, Jason Hanna, Chris Hippensteel, Artemis Moshtaghian, Paul P. Murphy, Peter Nickeas, Sara Ashley O’Brien, Sharif Paget, Yon Pomrenze, Kara Scannellwan Perva , and Eliott C. McLaughlin contributed to this report.