Police seized “a large hunting knife, an illegal Glock 17 firearm and 30-round magazine” among other items from the attempted assailants, they said.
Two armed men were arrested at Penn Station in New York City Saturday morning on suspicion of a “developing threat” to the city’s Jewish community, NYPD Commissioner Keechant Sewell said in a statement. Authorities had been investigating a 21-year-old man from Suffolk County, New York who made a series of increasingly concerning statements about attacking a synagogue in New York City, sources told.
He was reportedly spotted at Penn Station, police saying they seized “a large hunting knife, an illegal Glock 17 firearm and a 30-round magazine” among other items from the attempted assailants. Christopher Brown, 21, has been charged with making a terroristic threat, aggravated harassment and criminal possession of a weapon, while Matthew Mahrer, 22, has been charged with criminal possession of a weapon.
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