{"id":193621,"date":"2026-04-11T19:52:50","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T19:52:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/193621\/"},"modified":"2026-04-11T19:52:50","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T19:52:50","slug":"cops-fatally-shoot-man-attacking-three-elderly-commuters-with-machete-at-grand-central-station-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/193621\/","title":{"rendered":"Cops fatally shoot man attacking three elderly commuters with machete at Grand Central Station: police"},"content":{"rendered":"

A machete-wielding maniac screaming he was \u201cLucifer\u201d was shot dead by cops after he savagely slashed three elderly subway commuters in a terrifying, unprovoked attack in Grand Central Station<\/a> in Midtown Saturday, police said.<\/p>\n

Holding his weapon firmly in his hand, Anthony Griffin, 44, refused to drop his massive blade after two NYPD Transit detectives confronted him on the uptown 4\/5\/6 platform inside Grand Central Station on E. 42nd St. near Park Ave. around 9:40 a.m., Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said.<\/p>\n

The detectives ordered him 20 times to drop his weapon, but he refused, Tisch said, briefing the press after the shooting. When that didn\u2019t work, the detectives tried to defuse the situation by offering to help him if he dropped the menacing blade.<\/p>\n

In the end, Griffin \u201cadvanced to the officers with his knife extended,\u201d Tisch said. \u201cOfficers fired, striking the perpetrator twice and immediately began using life saving measures.\u201d<\/p>\n

Griffin died of his wounds at Bellevue Hospital<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"TheThe scene on the subway platform after cops shot and killed a man who slashed three elderly commuters on the uptown 4\/5\/6 subway platform inside Grand Central Terminal on E. 42nd St. near Park Ave. in Manhattan on Saturday, April 11, 2026. (Theodore Parisienne \/ New York Daily News)<\/p>\n

Police said Griffin entered the transit system at the Vernon Blvd. station in Queens around 9:30 a.m. and took the No. 7 train to Grand Central Station. Once he got off the train, he immediately pulled out his machete and lunged at an 84-year-old man on the No. 7 platform, leaving him with significant slash wounds to his head and face.<\/p>\n

Griffin then moved upstairs to the Nos. 4\/5\/6 platform, where he attacked a 65-year-old man and a 70-year-old woman. The man suffered slash wounds to the face and an \u201copen skull fracture\u201d and the woman was hacked in the shoulder, cops said.<\/p>\n

Griffin apparently didn\u2019t know his three victims, who were targeted at random, NYPD Chief of Transit Joseph Gulotta said Saturday.<\/p>\n

The two detectives, who were working an overtime detail, were on the mezzanine level when they were alerted by a witness, who told them what was happening.<\/p>\n

As the Transit officers descended down to the 4\/5\/6 platform, one of Griffin\u2019s victims came staggering up the stairs, seeking medial attention, Tisch said.<\/p>\n

As soon as the two cops got down the stairs, they found Griffin, police said.<\/p>\n

\"AA machete is pictured (at far right) on the subway platform after cops shot and killed a man who slashed three elderly commuters on the uptown 4\/5\/6 subway platform inside Grand Central Terminal on E. 42nd St. near Park Ave. in Manhattan on Saturday, April 11, 2026. (Theodore Parisienne \/ New York Daily News)<\/p>\n

The harrowing confrontation was caught on the cops\u2019 body-worn cameras, including when Griffin kept yelling, \u201cI\u2019m Lucifer!\u201d to police when they told him to drop his weapon.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur officers were confronted by an armed individual who already injured multiple people and was continuing to pose a threat,\u201d Tisch said. \u201cThey gave clear commands and they attempted to deescalate the situation. And when that threat did not stop, they took the decisive action to stop the threat and to protect New Yorkers at one of the busiest train platforms in the city.\u201d<\/p>\n

Griffin\u2019s machete was recovered at the scene.<\/p>\n

\u201cReports indicate a man slashed three people on the platform with a machete,\u201d Mayor Mamdani said on X Saturday after being briefed about the situation. \u201cOfficers shot the man when he did not drop the machete. He has since been pronounced dead.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m grateful to the NYPD for their quick response and for preventing additional violence,\u201d Mamdani said. \u201cThe three victims were taken to the hospital and are thankfully in stable condition.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"NewNew York City Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch holds a news conference near the scene of a stabbing and shooting at the Grand Central subway station in New York on Saturday, April 11, 2026. (AP Photo\/Ryan Murphy)<\/p>\n

An internal investigation by the NYPD Force Investigation Division was underway, Mamdani said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe NYPD is conducting an internal investigation and will release body-worn camera footage, as it does in all incidents involving the discharge of an officer\u2019s firearm,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Police said that Griffin, who has a tattoo of the word \u201cOutlaw\u201d on his arm, has been arrested 13 times. He has no history of mental illness with the department.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been briefed on the horrific incident at Grand Central this morning<\/a>,\u201d Gov. Hochul said on X. \u201cInnocent people were attacked in a senseless act of violence. I\u2019m grateful to our brave officers who acted quickly to stop the suspect. We\u2019re working closely with the NYPD as the investigation unfolds.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"AnAn ambulance is pictured outside Grand Central Terminal after cops shot and killed a man who slashed three elderly commuters on the uptown 4\/5\/6 subway platform inside Grand Central Terminal on E. 42nd St. near Park Ave. in Manhattan on Saturday, April 11, 2026. (Theodore Parisienne \/ New York Daily News)<\/p>\n

The city\u2019s Office of Emergency Management put out a notice on X, warning residents and visitors<\/a> to \u201cavoid the area\u201d of E. 42nd St. and Depew Place.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cPolice Activity: Expect traffic delays, road closures, mass transit disruptions & emergency personnel,\u201d the alert read.<\/p>\n

All Nos. 4\/5\/6\/7 trains were rerouted around Grand Central station for several hours as the investigation into the shooting continued.<\/p>\n

The NYPD was working with the MTA to reopen a few of the lines Saturday afternoon, Gulotta said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A machete-wielding maniac screaming he was \u201cLucifer\u201d was shot dead by cops after he savagely slashed three elderly…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":193622,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[262,263,266,85,267,75,84,83,9,24,264,12,63,261,265],"class_list":["post-193621","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-manhattan","tag-city","tag-county","tag-crime-and-public-safety","tag-latest-headlines","tag-local-news","tag-manhattan","tag-manhattan-headlines","tag-manhattan-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-county","tag-news","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-crime","tag-sub-county-region"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193621","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=193621"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193621\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/193622"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=193621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=193621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=193621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}