NYPD Releases Bodycam of Fatal Subway Shooting After Stabbings

New York City police released body camera footage on Friday showing two officers fatally shooting a 44-year-old man who had stabbed three people at the 42nd Street-Grand Central subway station last month.

The incident unfolded around 9:40 a.m. on April 11 at the busy station connected to Grand Central Terminal. Anthony Griffin had randomly slashed an 84-year-old man, a 65-year-old man, and a 70-year-old woman, inflicting significant lacerations to their heads and faces along with a skull fracture in one case. Authorities described the victims' wounds as non-life-threatening.

The video, posted on the New York Police Department's YouTube page, captures Detectives Ryan Giuffre and Anthony Manetta confronting Griffin as he ascended a stairwell gripping a large knife raised high near his head. The officers repeatedly ordered him to drop the weapon. Griffin retreated down the stairs but then advanced toward them with the blade still overhead, shouting erratically.

"Nobody wants to hurt you," Giuffre said in the footage. "We can talk about it. Get down. Get down. Dude, I'm not going to ask you again. Please. Please. Please. Get down!"

Griffin responded at points by yelling, "I don't want...