my name is - john devito. good afternoon everyone. my name is john i john devito.munities. the timeline on this life, 15 years in five states —— at this gun's life. about 12 hours after this attack, agents closed the loop on that time span and determined that frankjames purchased a set firearm from a federal licence in ohio 2011. we tied that gun to our target, and now we have our target in custody. thank you. now we have our target in custody. thank yon-— now we have our target in custody. i thank you._ studio: thank you. 0k, we can be... studio: just to reiterate, _ thank you. 0k, we can be... studio: just to reiterate, they _ thank you. 0k, we can be... studio: just to reiterate, they were _ just to reiterate, they were tracking the movements of the self specked after the shooting and managed to catch him through his firearm. —— the sub specked. there was no evidence, but they say new york police arrested him nine times in new york. three arrests in jersey. is now facing charges and they say of violating the law prohibiting attacks against mass transportation. j

with me, chief of detectives, james esic, and breaon peace, the united states attorney, and john devito, special agent in charge of atf. these are the partners who have been working with us from the first moment of this incident, and we have important information to transmit today. first i would like to go to the mayor live from gracie mansion. >> my fellow new yorkers. we got him. we got him. i cannot thank the men and women, the new york city police department as well as the federal agents and our state police and first responders from the 911 operators to the various state and medical professions, we got him. new yorkers, we are going to protect the people of this city and apprehend those who believe they can bring terror to everyday new yorkers. i want to thank everyday new yorkers who called in tips, who responded, who helped those passengers who were injured. 33 shots, and less than 30 hours later we aim to say we got him. thank you, commissioner, for your leadership and job well done. >> now, police commissioner of the city of new york. >> good afternoon, everyone. thank you for

thank you, and turn it over to john devito. >> good afternoon, everyone. in new york state. one of the key points they pointed out we could not done this without the public's help. first let me say our thoughts and prayers and actions for the past two days have been with the victims, as well as all new yorkers. the men and women of atf have been working side-by-side with nypd, marshals, fbi, to solve this heinous crime which we have. immediately after the attack new york city crime intelligent center was a unit with highly skilled analysts from atf, nypd and other partners, whose purpose is to collect, analyze and disseminate the intelligence of gun violence. exploiting every nugget of intel from gun violence, firearms, and then weaponizing that information to use it against the people terrorizing our communities. the timeline on this gun's life spans 16 years and five states. i'm very proud to say yesterday evening about 12 hours after the attack atf agents closed the loop on the extensive time span and determine that frank james purchased the firearm fro

ongoing, as well as the special agent i charge of the bureau of alcohol, tobacco and firearms, john devito we'll begin with word from the mayor of the city of new york, eric adams >> we can't hear him he's talking he's talking, but we can't talk him. >> mayor adams is at home because he's recovering from covid. he has a diagnosis of covid, so as a result, he's not been able to go to the crime scene they were trying to get a link so mayor adams could speak from wherever it is he's quarantining as a result of covid they're clearly having some technical problems we're staying with this because we have reason to believe there may be some significant news in this investigation coming out of this news conference live here tonight. while we wait for them to begin, i will tell you the response today after this subway attack was enormous imagine smoke pouring out of a subway station, which it was people running for their lives and a wonder had there been some sort of terror attack. early on in the discussion of this, authorities said this is not being investigated as terror throughout the day they

. >> the efforts along with the nypd are ongoing, as well as the special agent in charge, john devito, but we will begin from the mayor of the city of new york, eric adams. mayor adams: larry: so, the mayor of new york has covid right now, so they're trying to set up a zoom feed and everyone at the conference is waiting for the audio, but those of you who have been on zoom the past couple of years know sometimes you click this, click that, and then they can hear you. right now, they seem to be having technical difficulties getting the mayor and his audio up, so presumably that will you be available in just a few seconds. liz: again, this is an update on that subway attack that happened at rush hour on the subway train into manhattan and brooklyn during rush hour. 29 people were injured or shot. 10 people shot, five in critical condition, and thankfully, those five people have stabilized in right now authorities do not believe that anybody has been killed in this attack, but we will see if we get any updates momentarily here. larry: let's see if we will get any details or whether they

on going as well as the special agent in charge of the burro of alcohol, tobacco and firearms, john devito but we'll begin with word from the mayor of the city of new york, eric adams. >> he's talking but we cannot hear the mayor. >> thank you-all for your patience. >> we're having audio difficulties. what we'll do is we'll cut to the police commissioner and resolve the audio problem. >> okay. >> thank you-all for attending this evening and helping us get this information out to the public. it's so important. we're truly fortunate that this was not significantly worse than it is. as we reported this afternoon, a man who was traveling on a manhattan bound n train opened two canisters that dispensed smoke throughout the subway car. he then shot multiple passengers as the train pulled into 36th street station in sunset park. ten people were injured by gunfire and an additional 13 were either injured as they rushed to get out of the train station or they suffered smoke inhalation. some good news is that none of the injuries appear to be life threatening. as detectives process the crime scene,

john devito from 80 f, helping us with tracing efforts and investigation.special agent charged for new york city or the brooklyn district attorney eric gonzalez, who was also here. and of course, chief tencor. each department and first deputy commissioner at gabon. we'll start off with questions for the police commissioner suspect on the platform or is with great and was it it was all happened in the 36th street station or what happened down in 2011 street. the suspect was in the train car. the shooting began in the train car commissioner can you give us some more details? exactly what happened in the car ? did the suspect say anything? what type of weapons did he have? and what was going on inside the car as it's all handled, as i stated before, were only able to get a limited information because under investigation as the train was pulling into the station, the subject put on a gas mask even opened a canister that was in his bag and then the car filled with smoke. after that, he began shooting. at one time, guys one time. question does this appear to be r

the assistant special agent in charge of the joint task force with the evan nypd appeared trying john devito from apf who is helping with tracing efforts and investigation. he is the special and agent in charge for new york city. for the brooklyn district attorney, he is also here. and of course first deputy commissioner -- i'll start off with questions. >> was thus suiting on the train or the platform? >> it all happened in the 36 station or what happened? >> the suspect was on the train car in the shooting began on the train car. >> can you detail what happened in the car? did the suspect say anything? what type of weapon did he have? because i said before, were only able to get limited information because it's under investigation. as the train was pulling into the station was suspect but i'm a gas mask and open a can muster from his cat bag in the department filled with smoke. then he began shooting. >> commissioner does this appear to be random? any idea why they did this? >> we do not know the motive at this time and we are not ruling anything out. >> what are the ends injuries that wer