NYPD Body Cam: Officers Stop Machete Attacker

0:00New York City Police just dropped body camera footage, showing officers taking down a machete attacker at the Grand Central Subway Station last month. On April 11, around 9.40 a.m., 44-year-old Anthony Griffin randomly stabbed three people before cops confronted him on a stairwell. The video captures detectives Ryan Jufrey and Anthony Meneta repeatedly yelling for him to drop the big knife, but he kept it raised high and started charging toward them after backing down the stairs. The victims were an 84-year-old man, a 65-year-old man, and a 70-year-old woman, all with serious cuts to the head and face-plus. One skull fracture, but none life-threatening. Police Commissioner Jessica Tish backed the officers, saying they tried to de-escalate after at least 20 drop commands, facing a guy who'd already heard folks on a packed platform. Footage hit the department's YouTube page Friday, highlighting how they had no choice but to fire two shots when he kept advancing wildly, ending the threat right there.

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