A former patron of the Museum of Trendy Artwork accused of stabbing two employees final yr has been extradited again to New York Metropolis and is dealing with prices for tried homicide and assault, police mentioned Wednesday.
Gary Cabana, a 60-year-old former Broadway usher accused of stabbing two MoMA employees final March who denied him entry to a movie screening on the iconic Manhattan establishment, was arrested in Philadelphia a number of days later. Police there discovered him sleeping on a park bench after additionally being recognized because the suspect behind a hearth in a Greatest Western lodge room, which had been shortly deemed by officers as arson.
Cabana was extradited to New York and processed by police on the Midtown North Precinct shortly earlier than 9:30 p.m. Tuesday. He’s accused of stabbing a 24-year-old feminine worker within the decrease again and neck and a male employee of the identical age within the collarbone.
In accordance to police, the employees turned Cabana away from a movie screening on the MoMA as a result of his membership had been revoked for repeated bouts of misbehavior on the museum. The employees had been taken to Bellevue Hospital after the assault.
Family and friends of the suspect who spoke to Gothamist shortly after the assault final yr mentioned he had a historical past of psychological sickness that appeared to worsen throughout the coronavirus pandemic.
Info on Cabana’s attorneys was not instantly accessible.