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The man who allegedly opened fire on a packed subway train earlier this year, leaving 10 commuters injured, will plead guilty to the terrifying attack, according to court papers filed on Wednesday.

Lawyers for Frank James said in a letter filed to Judge William Kuntz that the accused madman would like to take a guilty plea on the 11-count superseding indictment filed last week in Brooklyn federal court.

“If the Court is available, we wish to proceed during the first week of January 2023,” his attorneys wrote of a potential plea hearing.

Judge Kuntz set a change of plea hearing for Jan. 3 after the letter was filed Wednesday.

James faces 10 counts of committing a terrorist attack or other violence against a mass transportation system, one for each person he wounded in the April 12 shooting aboard the N train in Sunset Park.

He was also hit with one count of discharging a firearm during a crime of violence. He faces life in prison.

Prosecutors allege James traveled from an Airbnb he staying at in Philadelphia to Brooklyn that morning and boarded the subway train with a bag containing a smoke bomb, gas mask and a handgun.


  Frank James faces life in prison for allegedly shooting 10 people on a Brooklyn subway in April. Matthew McDermott Frank James faces life in prison for allegedly shooting 10 people on a Brooklyn subway in April. Matthew McDermott

As the train moved between 59th Street and 36th Street stations, a smoke bomb from James’ bag let off, authorities said after the carnage.

He then donned a gas mask and opened fire, shooting 10 people and injuring a total of 23, law enforcement officials said.

James was arrested by the NYPD in the East Village more than a day later after a citywide manhunt. He was charged in Brooklyn federal court soon after his arrest.


  Frank James allegedly opened fire along the N train in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. ARMEN ARMENIAN via REUTERS Frank James allegedly opened fire along the N train in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. ARMEN ARMENIAN via REUTERS

  Ten people were left injured in the mass shooting. Raymond Chiodini Ten people were left injured in the mass shooting. Raymond Chiodini

James has appeared in court a number of times since his arrest and was scheduled to go on trial early next year.

A spokesperson for the Brooklyn US Attorney declined to comment on the potential guilty plea.

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