The New York subway shooter Frank James received ten life sentences in addition to ten years in prison

The man who detonated a smoke bomb and opened fire on a crowded New York City subway train last year, injuring 29 but killing none, was sentenced Thursday to 10 concurrent life terms and a 10-year consecutive term.

James pleaded guilty to 10 counts of terrorist attack or other violence against a mass transportation vehicle and an additional firearms charge in federal court in January for the April 2022 attack.

Prosecutors wanted life, while the shooter's attorneys wanted 18 years.

The 62-year-old James put on a gas mask, set off a smoke device, and fired a handgun at least 33 times on a Manhattan-bound N subway train through Brooklyn's Sunset Park neighborhood on a weekday morning commute, prosecutors said.

Prosecutors said the smoke device made subway riders scramble to one end, making James easier targets. Ten people were shot, and others were hurt by smoke or panicked crowds. Overall, 29 were hospitalized.

James tipped police more than 24 hours after the shooting, saying he was at a Lower East Side McDonalds. James was arrested on a nearby street after bystanders flagged him down.

James was charged with federal terrorism for targeting mass transit, and Frank admitted guilt in January.

“While it was not my intention to cause death, I was aware that a death or deaths could occur as a result of my discharging a firearm in such an enclosed space as a subway car,” James said.

His attorneys said James took responsibility by turning himself in.

James could buy a gun because he had no felony convictions, the official said.