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A criminal slashed three elderly people with a machete rCo while calling himself rCLLuciferrCY rCo in an unprovoked attack and was fatally shot by cops at Grand Central Terminal Saturday morning, police said.

An 85-year-old man suffered a deep cut across his head, and a
65-year-old man suffered cuts on his head on the 4, 5, 6 subway platform
at the iconic station at 9:50 a.m., police said. A 70-year-old woman was slashed in the shoulder, cops said.

Blood-soaked white gauze was wrapped around one victimrCOs head, photos
from the scene show. The slasher was also seen being carried away on a
gurney.

Two NYPD detectives, who were working overtime to provide transit
security, confronted the 44-year-old, identified as Anthony Griffin, and
told him to drop the machete.

rCLFrom the top of the stairs, they observed the individual on the
platform, and they immediately ordered him to drop the knife,rCY Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said at a news conference at the scene. rCLThe individual was armed with a large knife described as a machete and was
behaving erratically, repeatedly stating that he was Lucifer.rCY

Griffin refused to comply rCLwith at least 20 orders to drop the knife,rCY
she said.

Officers also rCLattempted to deescalaterCY and offer assistance, saying rCLWe are going to get you help,rCY Tisch told reporters.

But Griffin advanced toward them with the blade extended, she said.

rCLOne officer discharged his firearm striking the perpetrator twice,rCY
Tisch said.

The victims were taken to local hospitals in stable condition, cops
said.

https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/04/b19607962-two-umos- assigned-transit-125440767.jpg?resize=300,399&quality=75&strip=all

Griffin did not survive.
Luiz C. Ribeiro for NY Post

Griffin was taken to Bellevue Hospital and was pronounced dead a short
time later, cops said.

His prior arrests include one for menacing with a sharp object, police
sources said.

The two officers were taken to the hospital for treatment of tinnitus,
cops said.

Mayor Zohran Mamdani said in a post on X that he was rCLgrateful to the
NYPD for their quick response and for preventing additional violence.rCY

rCLThe NYPD is conducting an internal investigation and will release
body-worn camera footage, as it does in all incidents involving the
discharge of an officerrCOs firearm,rCY he said.

Claudio Delgado, 53, was in the main hall of Grand Central when the
chaos erupted after getting off his train from Connecticut to visit his
mother in the hospital.

rCLI was coming from Connecticut when rCyBoom!rCO everyone got down on the floor fast,rCY the 53-year-old said. rCLThen the police said, rCyGet outta here! Get outta here fast!rCO They said it was somebody with a gun and
police were involved too. ItrCOs scary. This is how New York City is now. ItrCOs too much violence in New York City now.rCY

A worker at the station, who declined to give his name, was also
rattled.

rCLI saw them [paramedics], they came up with somebody on the stretcher,
and they were pumping his chest,rCY he said. rCLItrCOs crazy. You could be on the platform minding your business, and someone had a machete, itrCOs
scary, scary, scary.rCY

Worker Jessica Munoz, whorCOs employed at the Bourke Street Bakery near
the subway entrance, saw people running out of the station at East 42nd
Street and Lexington Avenue.

rCLI was scared, we donrCOt know what we can do, we just see the people running, and I asked the guy and he said there was a shooting
downstairs,rCY she said. rCLItrCOs scary, we didnrCOt know what we could do. ItrCOs crazy.rCY

https://nypost.com/2026/04/11/us-news/nyc-cops-shoot-machete-wielding-sta bber-at-grand-central-station-halting-weekend-trains/

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From Newsgroup: alt.law-enforcement

On 4/14/2026 5:22 PM, Demented Blue wrote:

A criminal slashed three elderly people with a machete rCo while calling himself rCLLuciferrCY rCo in an unprovoked attack and was fatally shot by cops
at Grand Central Terminal Saturday morning, police said.

An 85-year-old man suffered a deep cut across his head, and a
65-year-old man suffered cuts on his head on the 4, 5, 6 subway platform
at the iconic station at 9:50 a.m., police said. A 70-year-old woman was slashed in the shoulder, cops said.

Blood-soaked white gauze was wrapped around one victimrCOs head, photos
from the scene show. The slasher was also seen being carried away on a gurney.

Two NYPD detectives, who were working overtime to provide transit
security, confronted the 44-year-old, identified as Anthony Griffin, and
told him to drop the machete.

rCLFrom the top of the stairs, they observed the individual on the
platform, and they immediately ordered him to drop the knife,rCY Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said at a news conference at the scene. rCLThe individual was armed with a large knife described as a machete and was behaving erratically, repeatedly stating that he was Lucifer.rCY

Griffin refused to comply rCLwith at least 20 orders to drop the knife,rCY she said.

Officers also rCLattempted to deescalaterCY and offer assistance, saying rCLWe
are going to get you help,rCY Tisch told reporters.

But Griffin advanced toward them with the blade extended, she said.

rCLOne officer discharged his firearm striking the perpetrator twice,rCY Tisch said.

The victims were taken to local hospitals in stable condition, cops
said.

https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/04/b19607962-two-umos- assigned-transit-125440767.jpg?resize=300,399&quality=75&strip=all

Griffin did not survive.
Luiz C. Ribeiro for NY Post

Griffin was taken to Bellevue Hospital and was pronounced dead a short
time later, cops said.

His prior arrests include one for menacing with a sharp object, police sources said.

The two officers were taken to the hospital for treatment of tinnitus,
cops said.

Mayor Zohran Mamdani said in a post on X that he was rCLgrateful to the
NYPD for their quick response and for preventing additional violence.rCY

rCLThe NYPD is conducting an internal investigation and will release body-worn camera footage, as it does in all incidents involving the
discharge of an officerrCOs firearm,rCY he said.

Claudio Delgado, 53, was in the main hall of Grand Central when the
chaos erupted after getting off his train from Connecticut to visit his mother in the hospital.

rCLI was coming from Connecticut when rCyBoom!rCO everyone got down on the floor fast,rCY the 53-year-old said. rCLThen the police said, rCyGet outta here! Get outta here fast!rCO They said it was somebody with a gun and
police were involved too. ItrCOs scary. This is how New York City is now. ItrCOs too much violence in New York City now.rCY

A worker at the station, who declined to give his name, was also
rattled.

rCLI saw them [paramedics], they came up with somebody on the stretcher,
and they were pumping his chest,rCY he said. rCLItrCOs crazy. You could be on the platform minding your business, and someone had a machete, itrCOs
scary, scary, scary.rCY

Worker Jessica Munoz, whorCOs employed at the Bourke Street Bakery near
the subway entrance, saw people running out of the station at East 42nd Street and Lexington Avenue.

rCLI was scared, we donrCOt know what we can do, we just see the people running, and I asked the guy and he said there was a shooting
downstairs,rCY she said. rCLItrCOs scary, we didnrCOt know what we could do. ItrCOs crazy.rCY

https://nypost.com/2026/04/11/us-news/nyc-cops-shoot-machete-wielding-sta bber-at-grand-central-station-halting-weekend-trains/

Big cities with subways and elevated trains need to implement a Chinese
style social credit score system that would prevent machete-wielding
maniacs from ever getting near public transportation. Mass transit will
never catch on in the U.S. if machete wielding maniacs are allowed near passengers. I seem to recall the New York District Attorney put a man on
trial for murder who protected a young mother and her baby from a knife wielding savage. That needs to change.


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