Put it down. Put it down. PUT IT DOWN, PLEASE. SIR, PUT IT DOWN. Put it down. Put it down. PUT IT DOWN. YEAH, I got you. I got you. Put it down. PUT IT DOWN. PUT IT DOWN. >> ON SATURDAY, THE 11TH of April, 2026, inside New York's Grand Central Station, a man claiming to be Lucifer and wielding a machete has just slashed three elderly victims causing significant lacerations and fracturing one victim's skull. The suspect is 44-year-old Anthony Griffin, a local battle rapper known as Fox 5. As he moves through the station, he continues acting erratically and threatening civilians. At approximately 9:40 a.m., witnesses alerted two NYPD detectives that a man with a machete was on the train. As the detectives headed toward the platform, they encountered a slashing victim and then Griffin himself, still holding the machete. >> He just said Put that down. Put it down. Put it down. Put it down. Put it down. Put it down. Put it down. >> Dude, drop the [ __ ] knife now. Drop the [ __ ] knife. Drop the [ __ ] knife. Drop the knife. >> Central, 412 Central. >> Sir, stay here. Stay here. >> Listen, get on the ground, please. Get on the [ __ ] ground. Get on the [ __ ] ground. Nobody wants to hurt you. We can talk ABOUT IT. >> GET DOWN. Get Get down. >> Dude, I'm not going to ask you again. Please. Please. No. Please. >> Put it down. Put it down. PUT IT DOWN, PLEASE. SIR, PUT IT DOWN. PUT IT DOWN. Put it down. >> Officers plead with Griffin attempting to de-escalate the situation. They order him to drop the weapon over 20 times, but he continues to move forward repeatedly telling officers just shoot me and that he is Lucifer. >> Stop. Put it down. >> Watch cross. >> Yeah, I got you. I got you. >> We're not doing it. We're not doing it. GET DOWN. >> PUT IT DOWN. PUT IT DOWN. >> WE'RE GOING TO GET YOU >> PUT IT DOWN. >> I AM LUCIFER. >> STOP. >> Call the call the >> Shots fired central. Shots fired central. >> Here, in the second officer's body cam, you can see the split-second decisions that officers in the field are forced to make. >> Stop. Stop. >> STOP. WATCH CROSS. WATCH. WATCH CROSS. >> We're not doing it. We're not doing it. GET DOWN. >> WE'RE GOING to get you help. We're going to get you help. >> I am Lucifer. >> Stop. >> After the incident, Griffin was taken to Bellevue Hospital where he succumbed to his wounds. Unlike many cases we see on Justice in America, this suspect did not have a lengthy arrest record. According to the New York Police Commissioner, Griffin had been arrested three times prior, once for grand larceny, criminal trespassing, and one undisclosed charge. It was a truly tragic situation for all involved. Thank you to the officers who keep us safe, and thank you for watching this episode of Justice in America. Stay safe.