PHILADELPHIA (AP/KYW Newsradio) — Philadelphia police say they arrested the man who had been wanted in New York City for stabbing two employees at the Museum of Modern Art.
Officers found 60-year-old Gary Cabana sleeping on a bench at the bus terminal near Chinatown. He was arrested without incident, police said.
Philadelphia police said they were searching for him in connection with a Center City fire, which was set in a fifth-floor room at the Best Western, near the Pennsylvania Convention Center, around 6 p.m. Monday.
There was serious damage in the hotel room where the fire started, but no one was hurt.
Firefighters put the fire out and determined that it was intentionally set. Police then saw the name of the person who checked into the hotel matched the name of the suspect in the museum stabbings, which left a man and a woman, both 24, injured on Saturday. Investigators then matched hotel surveillance footage with images released by the New York Police Department. Officers around Philadelphia were told to be on the lookout.
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“They were searching the area around Chinatown as well as the Greyhound bus terminal,” said Chief Inspector Scott Small. “Detectives, around midnight, found the 60-year-old suspect fitting the description.
“He was actually asleep on a bench inside the Greyhound terminal. Police took him into custody.”
Cabana was arrested without incident, and police said he was cooperating with detectives.
“We don’t know if he has any ties to Philadelphia or why he was in Philadelphia at this time,” Small added, “but that’s gonna be part of our investigation.”
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Police in New York said Cabana was caught on video leaping a reception desk and stabbing two employees inside the MoMA on Saturday after he was denied entrance for previous incidents of disorderly conduct.
The suspect's membership was revoked for two separate incidents of disorderly behavior at the museum in recent days, NYPD Deputy Commissioner of Intelligence & Counterterrorism John Miller said.
A letter informing the man of his expired membership was sent out on Friday, Miller said, and he showed up at the museum Saturday saying he intended to see a film that was playing.
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“He became upset about not being allowed entrance, and then jumped over the reception desk and proceeded to attack and stab two employees of the museum multiple times,” Miller said.
The museum evacuated patrons after the attack and closed. It was scheduled to reopen Tuesday.
Cabana is expected to be charged with arson in Philadelphia before he is extradited to New York.