Faulty fan led to camera fail during Brooklyn subway shooting, MTA reveals

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Faulty fan led to camera fail during Brooklyn subway shooting, MTA reveals
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NYPD sources have said the lack of crucial video footage during the violent mayhem slowed their hunt for accused gunman Frank James who had escaped the chaos.

A faulty fan caused the MTA’s security cameras at a Brooklyn subway station to malfunction the day before a madman unleashed gunfire on straphangers there last month, agency officials have revealed.slowed their hunt

The glitch also shut off feeds at the 25th Street and 45th Street subway stations, where James entered and exited the transit system — and then remained on the lam for more than 24 hours before being nabbed and charged in the April 12 carnage. The cameras’ surveillance feed cut out “less than 24 hours” before James allegedly fired 33 shots into a subway car pulling into the platform, wounding 29 people, Leiber said.

New York City Police Department personnel gather at the entrance to a subway stop in the Brooklyn borough on April 12, 2022 after a major shooting inside the subway.A faulty fan caused the MTA’s security cameras at a Brooklyn subway station to malfunction the day before a madman unleashed gunfire on straphangers according to MTA officials.Lieber said technicians were working on the feed at the station at the time of the shooting and then instructed by the NYPD to leave amid the shooting.

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