Machete-wielding suspect claiming to be 'Lucifer' shot by police after allegedly stabbing 3 at transit hub

The New York Police Department (NYPD) said an serviceman changeable and killed a fishy who claimed to beryllium "Lucifer" successful Grand Central Terminal portion allegedly attacking 3 radical with a machete connected the subway platform.

Officers changeable and killed 44-year-old Anthony Griffin aft helium precocious towards them with a machete, ignoring implicit 20 warnings to stop, NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said successful a Saturday property conference.

Officers responded to a 9:40 a.m. 911 telephone of an battle successful advancement astatine the bid station. Upon arrival, they recovered Griffin wielding the machete, constabulary said.

Griffin was "repeatedly stating that helium was Lucifer," Tisch said.

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NYPD responded to reports of an idiosyncratic who allegedly stabbed radical connected a bid astatine Grand Central Station connected April 11, 2026. (Dean Moses/amNY)

After Griffin refused orders to driblet the knife, 1 serviceman discharged his work limb and changeable him twice, she added. Griffin was transported to a section infirmary and died.

Griffin had 3 anterior unsealed arrests but nary past of being an emotionally disturbed person, Tisch told reporters.

The 3 stabbing victims were an 84-year-old male, a 70-year-old female, and a 64-year-old male. All 3 were transported to section hospitals but are each successful unchangeable condition.

MTA Police responded to calls of a fishy who allegedly stabbed aggregate radical astatine Grand Central Station connected April 11, 2026. (WNYW)

The 84-year-old sustained look and caput lacerations, the 65-year aged antheral sustained akin injuries successful summation to an unfastened skull fracture. The 70-year-old sustained enarthrosis lacerations.

Two NYPD officers were besides taken to hospitals with insignificant injuries.

Paramedics were seen loading idiosyncratic who was allegedly progressive successful the onslaught into an ambulance. (WNYW)

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First responders arrived astatine Grand Central Terminal aft a reported stabbing spree connected a subway platform. (WNYW)

Tisch lauded her officers for taking enactment portion admonishing the dangers of convulsive crime.

NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch delivers a property league astatine Grand Central Station pursuing a stabbing spree that happened connected April 11, 2026. (WNYW)

"Random acts of unit scare everyone. Anyone tin beryllium a unfortunate of random unit and that is wherefore it is truthful important for New Yorkers to recognize that the NYPD has precocious upped our beingness successful the transit system," Tisch said, portion saying the NYPD added 175 further officers past month.

The 4, 5, 6, and 7 trains are skipping the Grand Central Terminal 42nd St. halt portion the NYPD behaviour an investigation, the Metro Transit Authority (MTA) told Fox News Digital.

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New York Gov. Kathy Hochul weighed in, calling the bid of stabbings a "senseless enactment of violence" successful a Saturday greeting tweet.

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"I'm grateful to our brave officers who acted rapidly to halt the suspect," she wrote, adding that Albany would beryllium moving intimately with the NYPD connected the investigation.