Even on New Years Eve, even with Times Square packed for the first time since 2019, the scum and crime of New York City continues. Three NYPD officers were stabbed by a left wing extremist criminal shortly before the ball drop in Times Square, as the crime and filth of New York appears to have no end. This is how New York City begins 2023.
Oh and the mayor is still too busy to bother with it, as he is vacationing in the U.S. Virgin Islands.
The officers are in stable condition after the attack just before 10 p.m., West 52nd Street and Eighth Avenue, outside a Times Square New Year’s Eve security screening zone, Commissioner Keechant Sewell said during a news conference.
Police didn’t name the 19-year-old suspect, who was being treated for his injuries.
WNBC-TV identified the suspect s being from Maine.
Sewell said he approached an officer and attempted to strike him over the head with a machete. Then, he struck two additional officers before one fired his weapon, striking the suspect in the shoulder.
“Due to a police investigation avoid West 52nd St and 8th Avenue in Manhattan,” NYPD posted on Twitter on Saturday night. “Expect a police presence in the area and residual traffic delays in the surrounding area.”
During an early morning news conference, Mike Driscoll, the FBI assistant director in charge of the New York field office, said: “I want to be very clear … there is no ongoing threat.
“We believe this was a sole individual at this time. There is nothing to indicate otherwise.”
Law enforcement officials said they are looking into whether the suspect had previously posted what they called jihadist writings online and traveled to New York City to target police.