NYPD: 3 Officers Attacked With Machete In Times Square On New Year's Eve

By CBS New York Team

January 1, 2023

At least two NYPD officers were injured when a man attacked them with a machete in Times Square on New Year's Eve, police say.

It happened just after 10 p.m. at the corner of West 52nd Street and Eighth Avenue.

Police say the officers were outside a security screening zone for the New Year's Eve ball drop when a 19-year-old man approached them and tried to strike an officer over the head with a machete.

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