The Philippine Consulate General in New York reported on Thursday, April 14, that no Filipino was hurt during the mass shooting in a New York City subway.
Consul General of the Philippine Consulate General in New York Elmer Cato cited the New York City Police Department (NYPD) in his tweet that tagged the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) and Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr.
“The New York City Police Department has just informed @PHinNewYork that there are no Filipinos among the at least 29 people who were reported injured in the mass shooting on the N train in Brooklyn on Tuesday morning. @DFAPHL @teddyboylocsin,” he wrote.
The suspect, identified as Frank James, 62, was already arrested without incident by patrol officers in Manhattan’s East Village neighborhood a day after the shooting incident in a New York subway car that has just pulled into an underground station in Brooklyn’s Sunset Park neighborhood.
James was suspected of setting off smoke grenades and firing a handgun 33 times in a crowded N train during the morning rush hour.
The attack left 29 people injured, including 10 who were shot.
The motive of the attack was not yet known, but James will possibly be charged in federal court with violating a law that prohibits terrorist and other violent attacks against a mass transportation system.
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If found guilty, he could spend his life in prison.