More than a year and a half after the armed attack by a man on the New York subway, which injured more than twenty people, a court sentenced the gunman to ten life sentences. In addition, the 64-year-old was sentenced to another ten years in prison for illegally carrying a firearm, American media reported on Thursday.
The defense had demanded a prison sentence of 18 years because the suspect was seriously mentally ill.
More than twenty injured
The man opened fire on a subway train in the Brooklyn borough during morning rush hour in April 2022. More than twenty people were injured by gunfire or the resulting panic, but miraculously no one was killed.
The perpetrator was arrested a day later
The perpetrator initially managed to escape, but was arrested a day later in Manhattan. The motives remained unclear until the end. The suspect stated, among other things, that he wanted to draw attention to the treatment of poor people in New York.
Source: Krone
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