{"id":4893,"date":"2026-04-12T23:01:59","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T23:01:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=4893"},"modified":"2026-04-12T23:01:59","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T23:01:59","slug":"friend-claims-maniac-grand-central-slasher-only-kept-machete-for-protection-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=4893","title":{"rendered":"Friend claims maniac Grand Central slasher only kept machete for protection: report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: 300px 160px; gap: 2px; width: 460px; background: #eee; padding: 2px;\">\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u6574\u884c\u5bbd\u5e7f\u544a -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876674\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 90px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876676\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u5de6\u4fa7\u7ad6\u6392 -->\r\n  <div style=\"height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876672\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"height: 500px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876680\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u53f3\u4fa7\u6469\u5929\u697c\uff08\u548c\u5de6\u4fa7\u5b8c\u5168\u5bf9\u9f50\uff09 -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-row: 3\/5; height: 750px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876678\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  \r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e6\" data-zoneid=\"5876682\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n<\/div><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>A maniac who slashed three elderly straphangers at Grand Central Terminal before he was shot dead by cops only kept his machete as protection, his friend claimed.<\/p>\n<p>Family friend Deborah Brown refused to believe deranged attacker Anthony Griffin could have committed the crime \u2014 even though she admitted he suffered from mental health issues and carried a machete around with him, she said.   <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf he did do that \u2013 they\u2019re saying he did this \u2013 I wanna see proof of it,\u201d Brown, the mother of Anthony Griffin\u2019s long-time partner, told News12 in an interview broadcast Sunday.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Alleged subway slasher Anthony Griffin kept a machete on him for protection, family friend Deborah Brown said.  <span class=\"credit\">Obtained by NY Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Griffin attacked three people on an uptown 4, 5, 6 subway platform around 9:50 a.m. Saturday morning and refused to comply with orders to drop his machete, the NYPD said.  <span class=\"credit\">Luiz C. Ribeiro for NY Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The NYPD said that Griffin was shot and killed by cops after he attacked three people on an uptown 4, 5, 6 subway platform around 9:50 a.m. Saturday morning and refused to comply with orders to drop his machete.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Griffin\u2019s attack left deep cuts to an 85-year-old man and a 65-year-old man, cops said. He also slashed slashing a 70-year-old woman\u2019s shoulder, police said.<\/p>\n<p>Brown said she first heard from her daughter that Griffin had been involved in the attack and shot. Griffin was a rapper who used the name \u201cFox 5,\u201d neighbors told The Post.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy daughter called me. She was emotional. She was crying. \u2018Mom! Mom! They killed Fox, mom!\u2019\u201d Brown told News12<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Officers shot Griffin after he refused to comply with orders to drop his machete after slashing three people, police said.  <span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The machete used in the heinous Saturday morning attack. <span class=\"credit\">Luiz C. Ribeiro for NY Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Griffin\u2019s attack on the subway is out of character for him and he would never hurt anyone, according to Brown, who wished cops would have used a stun gun on him instead.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou could have Tased him, made him drop the weapon. 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