Museum of Modern Art is evacuated after ‘at least two people are stabbed on first floor’
Manhattan’s busy Museum of Modern Art is evacuated after two employees, both 24, ‘are stabbed by a regular MoMA visitor whose membership was revoked just yesterday for disorderly conduct’
The Museum of Modern Art was evacuated after two people were stabbed on Saturday afternoon Sources said a former museum member entered the building on 53rd Street at around 4pm and stabbed two workers, both 24, after they denied him entrance as his membership was revoked for disorderly conductWitnesses at the scene said on woman was carried out on stretchers as he jokingly said that she was going to ‘get hazard pay’ out of the experiencePolice said the injuries were non-life-threatening as both women were taken to a nearby hospitalMuseum-goers said the evacuation was a frightening experience as police yelled for them to run
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The Museum of Modern Art in New York City was evacuated on Saturday afternoon after a regular visitor stabbed two employees when they denied him entrance.
Police officials said two museum workers were stabbed inside the museum at around 4 p.m. when a former museum member who had his membership revoked on Friday for two cases of disorderly conduct attacked them.
The 60-year-old suspect had jumped on top of the reception desk, pulled out a knife, and stabbed the two employees in the back, collar bone and neck multiple times, police said. The injuries were not life-threatening, according to NYPD officials, as the victims were transported to a nearby hospital.
Police said one the employees was a 24-year-old woman being treated for stabs to the lower back and one stab to the back of her neck. The other victim, a 24-year-old man, suffered on stab wound to the left collar bone.
The suspect, who jumped the museum turnstile and fled the scene after the attack, is wearing a dark jacket, blue facemask and sunglasses, sources told DailyMail.com.
One of the victims had said, ‘I’m going to get hazard pay,’ as she was taken into an ambulance, the New York Post reported. Police have yet to name the victims.
Cops lined up and down 53rd Street in Midtown Manhattan after they responded to reports of the stabbings, and people were advised to avoid the area, which is under investigation.
Police request anyone with information on the wanted suspect to contact investigators.
The MoMA and its stores will be closed to the public on Sunday.
The Museum of Modern Art in New York City was evacuated on Saturday afternoon amid reports of a stabbing
Police are on the hunt for the 60-year-old man who attacked the employees after his membership was suspended
One of the stabbing victims was a 24-year-old woman working behind the reception desk
Despite her injuries, the woman was heard joking about receiving hazard pay after suffering stabs to her back and neck
Police are stationed at the entrance of the art gallery in Manhattan as the report two victims were attacked at around 4 p.m.
Museum visitors were instructed to quickly evacuate the scene. One group was stuck in the basement, with some people screaming and crying, before being called out by police to run out of the building (right)
Witnesses at the scene report that two women were being carried out on stretchers and taken to a nearby hospital
A FDNY ambulance was seen outside Moma as police said the victims’ injuries were non-life threatening
One museum goer said the Moma was packed with visitors taking shelter from the snowstorm outside
John Miller, NYPD deputy commissioner of Intelligence and Counterterrorism, said the suspect, who is on the run, was a member of the museum who had his membership revoked on Friday and attacked workers when they denied him entrance
Several people who were in the MoMA at the time of the stabbing filmed the hectic evacuation as they were ushered by museum security to quickly exit the building.
One Twitter user with the handle Cheerleader52 said her group was locked in the basement without being told what was going on when the stabbing occurred.
‘People were screaming and crying. Police told us to RUN,’ the user wrote as they filmed the escape out of the museum.
Museum-goer David Durjerko, of Chicago, told NBC New York that the museum was full of visitors taking shelter from the snowstorm when the attack happened.
‘Suddenly they said ”the museum’s closed” and people started running,’ Durjerko said. ‘Little panic on the escalators, and then they started shouting, ”Get out, get out for your own safety.”’
MoMA officials could not be immediately reached for comment.
Police have yet to report any arrest or charges filed in the stabbing.
Police are asking anyone with information about the stabber to contact officials
Police instructed people inside the museum to evacuate quickly as they secured the premises
Police officials secured the museum quickly. The investigation is still on going
Police have yet to report any arrest or charges filed in connection to the stabbing on Saturday.
