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two victims, both women, were rushed to a local hospital for
treatment of multiple stab wounds to their upper bodies, but
"we're told they're going to be OK," John Miller, deputy New
York City police commissioner, told a news briefing afterward.
New York City Police Department (NYPD) officers launched a
manhunt for the suspect, whom Miller said was familiar to MoMA
staff as a museum "regular" and to police from previous
"disorderly conduct" incidents, including at least one at MoMA,
in recent days.
NYPD was not aware of any record of arrests or other brushes
with the law, Miller said.
A letter revoking the man's MoMA membership card was sent to him
on Friday, and he showed up late on Saturday afternoon "with the
stated intention" of seeing a film being screened at the museum,
Miller said.
When he was told that his membership card had expired and was
refused entrance, he became upset, jumped over the reception
desk and stabbed the two employees, according to Miller.
Surveillance video footage showed him fleeing the museum moments
afterward on foot.
The New York Post posted photographs showing each of the two
women being moved on gurneys to waiting ambulances outside the
museum. The Post said the stabbings triggered a chaotic scene
that sent visitors scurrying from the museum, renowned for one
of the world's largest and most influential collections of
modern art.
(Reporting by Andrew Kelly in New York; Writing and additional
reporting by Steve Gorman in Los Angeles; Editing by Daniel
Wallis and Sandra Maler)
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