Gary Cabana, 60, was arrested in Philadelphia final March after evading authorities for 3 days following the violent assault, which was precipitated by a dispute over his museum membership. Police recognized him at a bus terminal after he deliberately set hearth to his close by lodge room, and took him into custody on expenses of arson, felony mischief and reckless endangerment. Cabana was extradited to New York this week and arraigned in court docket on Wednesday with two counts of tried homicide and assault for his rampage at MoMA.
Surveillance video from the museum, launched by the New York Police Division, exhibits Cabana lashing out on the two front-of-house staff, leaping over their desk and stabbing them earlier than fleeing the scene. A guard threw objects at him whereas different folks ran from the foyer. Cabana, a New Yorker, had visited the museum that afternoon to view a movie screening however was denied entry as a result of his membership had been revoked on account of earlier incidents of disorderly conduct. Each staff had been hospitalised with non-life-threatening accidents.
Shortly after the incident, Cabana addressed the assault in a collection of social media posts. He claimed that he had been framed and “evicted from MoMA.” He additionally mentioned he had bipolar dysfunction, and in a separate put up, threatened to trespass into Mar-a-Lago. “Once they mentioned I couldn’t go upstairs to see STARRY STARYY NIGHT EVER AGAIN I misplaced it,” he wrote on Instagram, in accordance to the New York Submit.
Cabana additionally pleaded responsible to the arson expenses in Philadelphia. Whereas held in that metropolis with out bail, he underwent psychological well being evaluations beneath order of a Philadelphia choose.
