The teenage suspect in New Year's Eve machete attack on three NYPD officers near Times Square has been charged with attempted murder, police said
The teenage suspect in New Year's Eve machete attack on three NYPD officers near Times Square has been charged with attempted murder, police said.
Law enforcement sources said that Bickford had been interviewed by federal investigators over pro-jihadi declarations prior to his alleged machete ambush. The teen was in a federal law enforcement database after a relative alerted law enforcement about the radical pro-jihadist views previously expressed, multiple police officials said. Federal officials interviewed Bickford in December shortly after being alerted, sources added.
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