An unhinged commuter slashed an NYPD cop with a damaged wine bottle — sparking an “all-out dogpile” brawl the place the straphanger bit one other officer who tried to cuff him inside a Manhattan subway station, cops stated.
The cops have been conducting a “transit inspection” on the southbound A/C/E platform on the West 4th Avenue station in Greenwich Village round 2:45 p.m. Wednesday once they noticed somebody appearing erratically on the northbound facet, police stated.
The 36-year-old man was consuming on the platform when cops approached him, police stated.
Because the officers tried speaking to the deranged man, he smashed a glass wine bottle after which used it to chop one of many cops on his left hand, authorities stated.
Because the cops tried to arrest the boozed-up maniac, an “all-out dogpile” ensued with the alleged slasher chomping down on the opposite officer’s leg, in line with an NYPD spokesman.
The crazed assailant was taken to an area hospital, the place he’s in custody with costs pending, cops stated.
His identify was not instantly launched.
Each cops, who suffered minor accidents, have been taken to an area hospital, the place they have been listed in secure situation.
