3 people stabbed and suspect fatally shot by officer on subway platform at Grand Central, police say | CNN

A machete-wielding suspect who called himself “Lucifer” stabbed three people on a subway platform at Midtown Manhattan’s Grand Central Terminal on Saturday before officers fatally shot him, according to the New York Police Department. The violence erupted around 9:40 a.m. ET on a platform beneath Grand Central, New York City Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said at a news conference Saturday afternoon. The suspect, who was behaving erratically and carrying a machete, was ordered at least 20 times to drop the weapon before he approached officers “with the knife extended,” Tisch said. Police shot the man and he later died from his injuries, the commissioner said. The suspect was identified by police as 44-year-old Anthony Griffin. Tisch said the incident was captured on police body-worn cameras, including Griffin “repeatedly stating that he was Lucifer.” “Random acts of violence scare everyone,” Tisch said in a response to a question from CNN’s Gloria Pazmino. “Anyone can be a victim of a random act of violence, and that is why it is so important for New Yorkers to understand that the NYPD has recently upped our presence in the transit system, including right h