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Man, 32, hospitalized for mental health check after entering New York Times building with sword and ax and asking to speak to political team
- The unnamed man entered the lobby of the New York Times around noon Thursday, armed with a sword and an axe
- He asked to speak to the political team: when he was refused entry, he handed over his weapons and waited for the emergency services
- The man was taken to hospital for a psychiatric evaluation
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A 32-year-old man armed with an ax and sword entered the lobby of the New York Times building on Thursday and asked to speak to the political department, authorities said. access was denied.
New York City police said officers responded to the Times building in midtown Manhattan shortly after noon after receiving an 911 call about a man with a knife.
Police were called to the lobby of the New York Times building in Midtown Manhattan on Thursday
The unnamed 32-year-old asked to speak to the paper’s ‘political section’, claiming he was a whistleblower
The man was removed from the building by police and taken to hospital for a check-up
When officers arrived, building security told them the man had the two guns and requested to speak to the specific section of newspaper staff.
The ax was in a bag, and the man also had a small pocket knife and a box of mace with him, sources told police. New York Post.
The man claimed to be a whistleblower and told police, “They were going to kill me.”
He has no known criminal history.
He was taken to hospital for examination.
It was not clear if he would be prosecuted.