3 Wounded in Stabbings at Subway Station

Three people were stabbed at a major New York City subway station Saturday by a man with a knife, according to authorities, who said the man was then fatally shot by police on a station platform. The New York Police Department said officers responding to a 9:40am emergency call of an assault at the 42nd Street-Grand Central station encountered the man holding a weapon that a law enforcement official described as a machete. Police shot the man, the AP reports; it wasn't immediately clear how many shots were fired or struck him. In a social media post, Mayor Zohran Mamdani said the man later died.

The stabbing victims—an 84-year-old male, a 65-year-old male, and a 70-year-old female —hospitalized and reported to be stable, the department said. Two officers were being evaluated at a hospital. Police were still investigating whether the stabbing started on the subway platform for the 4,5, and 6 MTA trains or on one of the subways. The police department, posting on X, urged travelers to avoid the area Saturday morning and to expect delays and heavy traffic. The Metropolitan Transit Authority said some subway trains were not stopping at the station, which is separate from regional train service at Grand Central.