NY Gov. Cuomo calls stabbing attack at rabbi's home in Monsey, New York, an act of 'domestic terrorism.'
Ramapo police identified the suspect as Grafton Thomas, 37, of Greenwood Lake in nearby Orange County.The suspect was caught in a car after license plate readers in Harlem and on the George Washington Bridge were able to locate him, a senior law enforcement official told NBC News. Investigators requested a search warrant for the vehicle to determine whether the weapon was inside.
Grafton Thomas, the suspect in a stabbing at a Hannukah celebration, leaves Ramapo Town Hall in Airmont, New York, after his arrest in New York City on Sunday, Dec. 29, 2019.Thomas' family said in a statement Sunday night that Thomas has"a long history of mental illness and hospitalizations" and that his attorney, Michael H. Sussman, had been instructed to seek"immediate mental health evaluation of Grafton.
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