Police early Tuesday arrested a man at a Philadelphia bus terminal who is wanted in the stabbing of two employees inside the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
Officers found Gary Cabana, 60, sleeping on a bench. He was arrested without incident, police said. Philadelphia police said they were searching for him in connection with a fire that was set at a nearby hotel in the city on Monday.
New York City police said Cabana was caught on video leaping over a reception desk and stabbing two employees inside the Museum of Modern Art on Saturday after he was denied entrance. The museum workers, a 24-year-old man and a 24-year-old woman, were stabbed multiple times and were stable with non-life-threatening injuries.
The suspect�s membership was revoked for two separate incidents of disorderly behavior at the museum in recent days, NYPD Deputy Commissioner of Intelligence & Counterterrorism John Miller said.
A letter informing the man of his expired membership was sent out on Friday, Miller said, and he showed up at the museum Saturday saying he intended to see a film that was playing.
�He became upset about not being allowed entrance, and then jumped over the reception desk and proceeded to attack and stab two employees of the museum multiple times,� Miller said.
The museum evacuated patrons after the attack and closed. It reopened Tuesday.
�We�re relieved and grateful that our colleagues are recovering, and the attacker was arrested,� the museum said in a statement Tuesday morning.
MoMA, founded in 1929, is one of New York City�s top tourist attractions, drawing more than 700,000 visitors in 2020. Its collection of modern art includes �The Starry Night� by Vincent Van Gogh and works by Henri Matisse and Paul Gauguin.
(AP)