Newsman: Two women were stabbed inside the Museum of Modern Art in New York City’s on Saturday afternoon. Victims were said in stable condition at a hospital police said. The attacker was described as a disgruntled patron whose membership was recently revoked over past incidents according to NYPD.
The museum and its stores will be closed Sunday, MOMA said in tweet.
The women were taken to NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue where they were stabilized, the NYPD said.
The stabbing happened about 4:15 p.m. when the man approached the reception area at the midtown Manhattan museum with the reported intent of seeing a film, NYPD’s Deputy Commissioner for Intelligence and Counterterrorism Miller said. Talking about victims “We are told they are both going to be OK,” he said.
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After the man was rejected because his membership was no longer active, a result of recent disorderly conduct incidents, he jumped over a reception desk and stabbed the two MOMA employees multiple times, Miller said.
The suspect, a 60-year-old man known to both MOMA and authorities, was not in custody Saturday evening, the New York Police Department said.
The suspect fled the museum, and police canvassed the area, but no arrests had been made, he said. Deputy Commissioner Miller said the letter revoking the suspect’s museum membership went out Friday, but it wasn’t clear if the suspect knew that before he arrived.
Police did not provide additional details about the two other incidents involving the man.
