NEW YORK (AP) — A man with a machete who attacked three people randomly at a major New York City subway station on Saturday morning was shot and killed by police, authorities said.
Officers responding to a 9:40 a.m. emergency call of an assault at the 42nd Street-Grand Central station encountered the man, the New York Police Department said.
He was behaving erratically and was ordered to drop his weapon 20 times but refused to comply, said Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch at a news conference. He repeatedly claimed he was “Lucifer.” An officer then shot him twice.
“Our officers were confronted with an armed individual who had already injured multiple people and was continuing to pose a threat,” Tisch said. “They gave clear commands. They attempted to de-escalate. And when that threat did not stop, they took decisive action to stop it and to protect New Yorkers on one of the busiest train platforms in the city.”
Separately, New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani said in a social media post that the man later died.
