This is Frank James, wanted by the New York Police for his possible relationship with the shooting in the Brooklyn subway

• Event A shooting at rush hour in the New York subway leaves 29 injured

The

Department is looking for

, a 62-year-old man whom he has identified as a "person of interest" as he could be related to the shooting that left 29 injured yesterday in a busy Brooklyn County subway station. .

The suspect, who was described by multiple witnesses as a black male measuring approximately 1 meter 67 centimeters, fled the subway wearing a gas mask and an orange construction vest.

The New York Police Department has announced a

$50,000 for anyone who provides information about what happened or reports the whereabouts of this person.

According to AP reports, the agents have identified James after finding at the scene of the shooting a credit card in his name with which a van related to the attack was rented that the police located shortly after in the vicinity of the station.

The events occurred in the middle of rush hour, around 8:30 in the morning, when an armed man apparently detonated a smoke grenade inside a wagon on the

before going out onto the platform and shooting several passers-by at point-blank range. interior of the

in the neighborhood of

Initially media such as the New York Post reported that several unexploded homemade devices had been found in the vicinity of the platform, but the police later confirmed that the agents did not find any explosives.

What they did pick up at the station was a pistol and several high-capacity magazines.

The weapon, a

was apparently

, a problem that could have prevented the shooter from causing further damage, police sources

told the

According to the first official balance offered by the authorities from the scene,

(according to figures from the

,

The head of the Police Department,

confirmed that so far what happened is not being investigated as an act of terrorism.

For his part, the US president,

, has already been informed about what happened and the government immediately contacted the city's mayor,

, to offer all the help that is necessary, as announced by the press secretary of the

New York Governor

condemned the subway attack and thanked the emergency services for their work.

"This morning, New Yorkers were preparing to go to their places of work on a relatively normal morning," according to the Democratic leader.

But

by a heartless man who didn't mind assaulting his neighbors," she added.

Tuesday's incident in Brooklyn borough comes amid a growing spike in violence on

New York's public

Since last January, more than 600 complaints of major crimes committed in the Big Apple metro network have been registered, which represents an increase of 66 percent compared to the same period of the previous year, according to statistics provided by the local police .

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