Posted on 01/01/2023 8:45:20 AM PST by lowbridge
The alleged Islamic extremist who attacked multiple NYPD officers with a machete near the New Year’s Eve ball drop in Times Square has been identified as 19-year-old Trevor Bickford, multiple law enforcement sources said Sunday.
The cops were working the New Year’s Eve detail in Times Square when two of them were struck in the head with a large knife in what police are investigating as a possible targeted attack around 10 p.m., the sources said.
One of the cops, who is assigned to the Police Academy, suffered a laceration to the head. A Staten Island officer suffered blunt force trauma to the head. They were both taken to Bellevue Hospital.
A third officer suffered unknown injuries and was taken to Mt. Sinai West. All three were expected to recover.
One of the cops shot Bickford, who lives in Wells, Maine, in the shoulder, after he attacked them on Eighth Avenue between 51st and 52nd Street, the sources said.
Charges were pending against Bickford Sunday morning. He remained hospitalized at Bellevue, cops said.
Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell described the weapon as a “large knife,” and cops released a photo that showed it was 18 inches long.
The cops who were attacked were outside the security screening zone, Sewell said.
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Maybe the machete just misfired.
“A preliminary search by investigators turned up no criminal record for Bickford, police sources said.”
Sounds like a sleeper cell type situation to me.......how many more are out there I wonder.
Was it an assault machete?
Knife control is needed. Forks are a danger as well.
For Liberals even thinking is dangerous ...
Must ban liberal thinking ...
How many more are out there? Probably thousands.
After all, millions are pouring into our country unchecked. A few thousand young jihadists among them? Sure, quite possible.
Looks like a “kukri” style blade.
Cold Steel makes a Good Cheap one
and boy
Are They Sharp!!!
I read he was also known to the FBI and had been on their radar for several weeks prior to this incident.
Wait for the mainstream media to predictably remind us that we should not blame all Muslims for the act of this lone attacker. Exactly the opposite of what they do when a lone allegedly “right-wing” perp is involved in an attack.
“A few thousand young jihadists among them? Sure, quite possible.”
Quite inevitable.
Article doesn’t say
Why do they think this guy was an Islamic extremist?
I heard he was late for bathroom monitoring.
Possibly his handler?
Convert to Islam.
I’m surprised conversion to Islam isn’t much more popular for young people seeking a way out of the feminization and nihilism of the dominant culture.
Online activity drew the attention of the FBI.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/suspect-nyc-police-stabbing-islamic-extremist-ties
They all pale in comparison to the deadly Spork. It’s a veritable weapon of mass destruction.
Too bad that the bullet did not strike him in the heart.
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