Oddly enough, I said the exact same thing to someone else. I also believed that it would not be a shock to know if this guy was known to the FBI, and of course, he was. Likely spun up to carry out a crime.
There are some people who are ticking time bombs. This guy was one of them.
New York (CNN)The man suspected of shooting 10 people on a subway train in Brooklyn on Tuesday called in a tip to Crime Stoppers that led to his capture Wednesday, two law enforcement sources told CNN.
Frank James, 62, was arrested without incident by patrol officers in Manhattan's East Village neighborhood on Wednesday afternoon, officials said.
James called in the tip and told authorities he was at a McDonald's on the lower east side of Manhattan, the sources confirmed.
The tip indicated the suspect was at a McDonald's restaurant on 6th Street and 1st Avenue, a police official said at a news conference earlier Wednesday. Officers did not find him there, but spotted him just around the corner, according to the official.
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Why would he do that? Was he programmed to carry out the shooting and then turn himself in?