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Museum of Modern Art is evacuated after two female employees ‘are stabbed by a regular MoMA visitor whose membership was revoked just yesterday for disorderly conduct’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the building on 53rd Street at around 4pm and stabbed two workers after they denied him entrance as his membership was revoked for disorderly conductWitnesses at the scene said two women were carried out on stretchers, with one of them joking that she was going to ‘get hazard pay’ out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 man had jumped on top of the reception desk, pulled out a knife, and stabbed the female workers 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.
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 identify 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.
The Museum of Modern Art in New York City was evacuated on Saturday afternoon amid reports of a stabbing
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 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.
