Mayor Eric Adams said at a news conference that he had spoken to one of the wounded officers as he was being stitched up at the hospital.An investigation was underway to pinpoint a motive for the attack, but authorities said they didn't believe there was any ongoing threat to the public.
Michael Driscoll, the assistant director in charge of the FBI's New York field office, said they believe the attacker acted alone. The NYPD mounts a massive security operation every year to keep the New Year's Eve crowd safe. Thousands of officers are deployed in the area, including many new recruits to the force.The blocks where the biggest crowds gather to see performances and the midnight ball drop can only be accessed through checkpoints where officers use metal-detecting wands to screen for weapons. Large bags and coolers are banned. Barriers are set up to prevent vehicle attacks in the secure area.
The security perimeter can only extend so far, though. The attack took place on 8th Avenue, which is often packed with thick crowds navigating around the frozen zone or trying to find one of the secure entrances.
'Shoot quickly' is the lesson the 21 foot rule a/k/a The Tueller Drill against a knife wielding assailant.
announce a bounty on Putin's head... a dead putler is a good putin ✊
Happy New Year. Come on people. Stop 🛑. Just stop 🛑
Allah Akbar
Shoulder? Was he white?
Based upon the last year, machete manufacturers must be doing pretty well
Why are foreign media including that the attacker is a radical muslim, according to the police, but the leftist media in the US is not mentioning this important fact?