Video of NYC police killing machete-wielding man at Grand Central station released - BERITAJA

New York City constabulary person released body-worn camera footage of officers shooting and sidesplitting a machete-wielding man who stabbed 3 people at a Grand Central subway extremity past month.

The video clip posted connected the department’s YouTube page Friday shows officers confronting Anthony Griffin aft he had randomly slashed 3 group astatine the 42nd Street-Grand Central subway station, which connects to Grand Central Terminal.

The uniformed officers, identified successful the video arsenic detectives Ryan Giuffre and Anthony Manetta, are seen encountering the 44-year-old arsenic he walks up a stairwell holding a ample weapon astatine about 9:40 a.m. connected April 11.

They bid Griffin to driblet the limb aggregate times, but Giuffre draws his weapon arsenic Griffin continues to clasp the weapon precocious adjacent his head.

Griffin past retreats backmost down the stairs but starts moving toward the officers pinch the weapon still overhead erstwhile they commencement to prosecute him.

“Nobody wants to wounded you,” Giuffre says successful the video. “We could talk about it. Get down. Get down. Dude, I’m not going to inquire you again. Please. Please. Please. Get down!”

But Griffin continues shouting and moving erratically toward the officers pinch the ample leaf raised up.

“I don’t want to beryllium here. Shoot me,” he says astatine 1 point. “I americium Lucifer,” he says astatine another.

Giuffre past fires 2 shots astatine Griffin, who instantly drops to the ground. He was taken to the hospital, wherever he was pronounced dead.

Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said astatine the clip of the incident that the officers ordered Griffin to driblet the weapon astatine slightest 20 times but he refused to comply.

“Our officers were confronted pinch an equipped individual who had already injured aggregate group and was continuing to airs a threat,” she said. “They gave clear commands. They attempted to de-escalate. And erstwhile that threat did not stop, they took decisive action to extremity it and to protect New Yorkers connected 1 of the busiest train platforms successful the city.”

The 3 stabbing victims — an 84 year-old male, 65-year-old antheral and 70-year-old female — sustained injuries including “significant lacerations to the caput and face” and a skull fracture, though the wounds were not considered life-threatening, Tisch said.