Authorities have released body camera footage of the moment a man accused of slashing three people with a machete in New York City’s Grand Central Station was fatally shot.
The shooting happened on April 11 after Anthony Griffin allegedly attacked three elderly people at the station, the New York Post reported in early May.
New York City Police Department (NYPD) officers were patrolling the area when Griffin went up the stairs from the fourth, fifth, and sixth subway platform carrying a machete. Although they repeatedly ordered him to drop the machete, he did not.
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At one point, Griffin yelled, “I am Lucifer” before he moved toward Detective Ryan Giuffre. The officer fired two shots and Griffin fell to the ground.
“Police say the three victims, ages 65, 70, and 84, were stabbed prior to the officers’ arrival. They were transported to local hospitals. The 65-year-old man suffered an open skull fracture, a
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