Man who stabbed two MoMA employees arrested in Philadelphia

Police have arrested a person needed in the stabbing of two workers on the Museum of Fashionable Artwork in New York.

Officers discovered Gary Cabana, 60, sleeping on a bench at a Philadelphia bus terminal early on Tuesday morning. He was arrested with out incident, police stated.

Philadelphia police stated they have been looking for Cabana in reference to a hearth set at a lodge within the metropolis on Monday.

Police in New York stated Cabana was caught on video leaping a reception desk and stabbing two workers contained in the Museum of Fashionable Artwork on Saturday, after he was denied entrance for earlier incidents of disorderly conduct.

The museum staff, a 24-year-old man and a 24-year-old lady, have been stabbed a number of instances. Each have been in steady situation.

The suspect’s membership was revoked for 2 separate incidents of disorderly conduct in latest days, the New York police deputy commissioner of intelligence and counterterrorism, John Miller, stated.

A letter informing the person of his expired membership was despatched out on Friday, Miller stated, and he confirmed up on the museum Saturday saying he supposed to see a movie.

“He grew to become upset about not being allowed entrance, after which jumped over the reception desk and proceeded to assault and stab two workers of the museum a number of instances,” Miller stated.

MoMA, based in 1929, is one in every of New York Metropolis’s prime vacationer points of interest. Its assortment of recent artwork contains The Starry Night time by Vincent Van Gogh and works by Henri Matisse and Paul Gauguin.

The museum evacuated patrons after the assault, then closed. It was scheduled to reopen on Tuesday.

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