A suspect is in custody after 2 court officers were stabbed at a Manhattan courthouse
The uniformed court officers had been assigned to the magnetometer in the southern portion of the lobby when they were attacked at around 9:45 a.m., according to court spokesperson Al Baker.
The two court officers, who have not been named, sustained slashing and stabbing injuries, while three responding officers were also injured, according to Baker.
He described the assault, which was captured on surveillance video, as a 'targeted attack' directed at officers working security details at the courthouse.
A police spokesperson said the department has not yet released the suspect's name or what charges he faces.
New York State Attorney General Letitia James said on the social platform X that she was 'relieved to hear' the two court officers were stable following the attack.
The 17-story Art Deco courthouse, completed in 1941, is where a Manhattan jury found President Donald Trump guilty of trying to illegally swing the 2016 election by giving hush money to a porn actor.
Last week, disgraced Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein was convicted in the courthouse of one of the top charges he faced in the retrial of his landmark #MeToo-era sex crimes case.
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