Authorities say a man wielding a machete attacked three police officers at the New Year’s Eve celebration in New York City, striking two of them in the head before an officer shot the man in the shoulder.
NEW YORK — A man wielding a machete attacked three police officers at the New Year’s Eve celebration in New York City, authorities said, striking two of them in the head before an officer shot the man in the shoulder.
The two officers were hospitalized, one with a fractured skull and the other with a bad cut, and were expected to recover.The attack and sound of a gunshot briefly sent some people in the crowd running, but the incident did not impact the festivities in Times Square, which continued uninterrupted. “He was in good spirits,” Adams said. “He understood that his role saved lives of New Yorkers today.”
Michael Driscoll, the assistant director in charge of the FBI’s New York field office, said the agency believes the attacker acted alone.