Frank R. James, ID’d as New York subway shooting suspect, previously lived in Uptown SRO hotel

The ABC7 I-Staff has discovered Frank James, 62, lived in a single-room occupancy resort within the Uptown neighborhood on Chicago’s North Facet from 2015 to 2017.

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James was evicted from the Aragon Arms Resort in March 2017. No residents who lived right here then nonetheless reside on the constructing.

Chicago police had been seen canvassing the constructing and one other within the space Wednesday morning to see if anybody knew him. James doesn’t have an arrest file in Chicago.

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James, the prime suspect within the mass taking pictures Tuesday that left 10 folks with gunshot wounds and 19 different folks injured in Brooklyn, was taken into custody Wednesday afternoon.

Police imagine not one of the wounded have life-threatening accidents.

The NYPD believes James rented a U-Haul van whose keys had been discovered on the scene of the taking pictures, it stated.

James has been linked to rambling movies posted on a YouTube channel. A screenshot from one of many movies was used on an NYPD Crimestoppers flyer searching for details about the taking pictures, and in a single video, he posts a Metropolis of New York ID card from a previous instructional coaching program.

In what seems to be his newest video posted Monday, James talks about occasions when he “wished to kill folks.”
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He described somebody who engaged in violence and ended up in jail. He stated he might determine however talked concerning the penalties.

James and his household did not instantly reply to CNN’s request for remark.

CNNWire contributed to this report.