NYPD identifies suspect who stabbed 2 employees at Museum of Modern Art

The New York Police Division has recognized the person they are saying stabbed two staff on the Museum of Fashionable Artwork Saturday.

The person, 60-year-old Gary Cabana, had gone into the museum to see a movie however was denied entry as a result of his membership having been revoked due to earlier incidents, the NYPD instructed FOX 5 New York at a information convention.

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Newly released video exhibits Cabana allegedly hop over-the-counter and assault the 2 staff, recognized as a person and girl each 24 years outdated. The victims had been in secure situation at Bellevue Hospital later Saturday.

Individuals posted on social media that museum goers ran for the exits in confusion and chaos after the stabbing.

John Miller, NYPD deputy commissioner of intelligence and counterterrorism, mentioned the person’s membership had been revoked for 2 separate incidents of disorderly conduct on the museum in current days.

A letter informing the suspect of his expired membership had been despatched out Friday, however he got here to the museum Saturday saying he meant to see a movie there, Miller mentioned.

The museum didn’t instantly reply to an emailed request for touch upon the incident, however mentioned on social media that it will be closed to the general public Sunday.

Museum of Fashionable Artwork stabbing suspect Gary Cabana. 

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The midtown Manhattan museum evacuated its patrons Saturday afternoon. Yuichi Shimada, a museum-goer current on the time of the assault, tweeted he was on the second flooring when a pair instantly got here operating towards him, and he heard safety guards’ radios all through the museum loudly saying one thing on the similar time.

“It was chaotic, partly as a result of it was snowing, with a gaggle of younger ladies in a panic and crying,” Shimada mentioned. “Not being good with claustrophobia myself, I headed for the exit early.”

Shimada was diverted to the facet on his approach out as a stretcher was hurriedly introduced in. Police autos and ambulances, emergency lights flashing, thronged exterior the museum as dozens of patrons hurried away.

 this picture supplied by Yuichi Shimada, medical personnel reply on the Museum of Fashionable Artwork in New York after a person stabbed two staff after he was denied entrance for earlier incidents of disorderly conduct, Saturday, March 12, 2022. (Yuichi Shimada through AP)

Mayor Eric Adams tweeted Saturday night he’d been briefed on the assault and mentioned the victims’ accidents weren’t life-threatening.

“We’re grateful for the fast work of our first responders,” Adams, a former New York Metropolis police captain, mentioned.

MoMA, based in 1929, is one in all New York Metropolis’s prime vacationer points of interest and drew greater than 700,000 guests in 2020. Its assortment of recent artwork consists of “The Starry Evening” by Vincent Van Gogh and works by Henri Matisse and Paul Gauguin.

The Related Press contributed to this report.