Emotionally Disturbed Person At Duane Reade Wielding Hammer Subdued By NYPD And RIOC PSD Officers Last Thursday - Man Was Taken To Hospital Following The Incident

Last Thursday June 28, NYPD 114 precinct and Roosevelt Island Public Safety Officers responded to reports of a man wielding a hammer in the vicinity of Roosevelt Island subway station and Duane Reade.

🚨#Manhattan : Hammer Assault on Roosevelt Island. A man with a hammer injured two first responders. The man himself is also injured. pic.twitter.com/fC4MZv1epT

— Citizen NYC (@CitizenAppNYC) June 27, 2024

On Friday June 29, I asked RIOC Communications Director Bryant Daniels for info about the incident. 

Image From Rachel Dowling

Mr Daniels answered:

Yesterday PSD and NYPD responded to an emotionally disturbed person at Duane Reade wielding a hammer. The officers deployed their OC spray to subdue him, and he was taken to the hospital following the incident. Important to note that he did not injure any officers or first-responders, though one officer did get OC spray in his eye and received medical attention.

No arrest, he was sent to the hospital given the mental health episode