In the New York subway, a man injured people with a machete, shouting that he was "Lucifer"; the police had to shoot him

In New York, police shot dead a man who attacked people in the subway with a machete and injured three. The incident occurred at Grand Central Station in Midtown Manhattan. The Guardian reports this, writes UNN.

Details

According to police, at approximately 9:40 AM, officers were stopped by a witness who reported a man with a machete on the platform. The suspect failed to comply with over 20 orders to drop the weapon and claimed to be "Lucifer."

Police officers attempted to de-escalate the situation, but the man began to advance on them with the weapon. Following this, one of the officers fired two shots. The suspect, 44-year-old Anthony Griffin, died at Bellevue Hospital.

Victims and Course of Events

Surveillance cameras recorded the suspect entering the subway in Queens in the morning. The first victim was an 84-year-old man, who was wounded on the 7 train platform at Grand Central Station at the intersection of East 42nd Street and Park Avenue. The attacker then ascended to the 4, 5, and 6 train platforms, where he wounded a 65-year-old man, inflicting a serious head injury, and slashed a woman's shoulder.