BK Subway Shooter To Be Sentenced In September: DA

BROOKLYN, NY — Brooklyn subway shooter Frank James is slated for sentencing hearing in September, facing what is sure to be a lengthy prison stint, prosecutors announced Monday.

James, 63, will again face a Brooklyn judge on Sept. 28, over a year after the Sunset Park shooting left 10 people wounded, according to U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York Breon Peace.

James pleaded guilty in January to federal terrorism charges — a plea that likely will send James to prison for decades.

Prosecutors have signaled that they plan to push for a lengthy prison sentence and, in a court filing, U.S. Attorneys noted sentencing guidelines call for a prison term of at least 31 years.

James had previously pleaded not guilty to charges just a month after the April attack.

But in January, James pleaded guilty to all 11 counts he faces, including 10 counts of committing a terrorist attack against mass transit, according to Attorney General Merrick Garland.

"Frank James cold-bloodedly shot innocent New Yorkers traveling on the subway in Brooklyn, and brought terror to our great city," Peace said in January. "James’s admission of guilt ... acknowledges the terror and pain he caused."

Prosecutors say James set off a smoke bomb on an N train subway car in Sunset Park and then fired a handgun over 30 times. He hit 10, none of which died, according to Garland's office.

The attack was substantially planned over years, prosecutors said in January.

James' internet history showed years of Youtube videos detailing conspiracies and bigoted monologues, according to The New Yorker.

He was expected back at the courthouse on Brooklyn Bridge Boulevard at 12 p.m. on Sept. 28.