A man with a sword and an axe strolled into The New York Times building in Manhattan on Thursday around noon, according to an NYPD spokesperson. According to Politico, police initially responded to a call about a man wielding knife and found him with a sword. However, the man was also reported to have a “small folding knife” and mace in a plastic bag, the New YorkPost reported. The man reportedly wanted to speak with “the politics section,” police said, and walked in on Eighth Avenue between West 40th and 41st streets, according to the Post. Before he surrendered his weapon to building security, he asked to see the Gray Lady’s political reporters, police told the Post. “There was no fight,” the spokesperson said, and the man, whom police didn’t immediately identify to the public, was transferred to Roosevelt Hospital to be evaluated, according to the Post.
