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Cops Shoot Teen Suspect After Knife Attack Near NYC Ball Drop

The assailant reportedly swung a large blade at the officers not far from the secure area filled with New Year’s revelers.

A suspect swung a machete-style blade at two NYPD cops just outside the secure area where revelers were gathered to ring in the new year—and was then shot by one of the cops. None of the injuries were life-threatening, according to NBC New York. It unfolded a couple of hours before the midnight ball drop in Times Square, and some revelers waiting to get into the area reportedly ran in panic. The suspect was identified on Sunday as 19-year-old Trevor Bickford, according to law enforcement sources who spoke to the New York Post. The paper said that while Bickford did not have a criminal record, he was on the radar of the FBI in Boston. Authorities are also investigating whether Bickford had penned “jihadist writings online and traveled to New York to target police on New Year’s Eve,” NBC reported.