A man wielding a machete stabbed three people on two New York City subway platforms before police fatally shot him on April 11, city officials said.

NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said officers encountered a man with a large knife after three people were slashed on subway platforms. CBS News New York's Kristie Keleshian reports.

A man armed with a machete attacked three people on a subway platform at Midtown Manhattan’s Grand Central Terminal on Saturday, according to the New York Police Department. Police say they shot and killed the suspect.

A man with a machete who attacked three people randomly at a major New York City subway station on Saturday morning was shot and killed by police, authorities said.

A man with a machete slashed and injured three people at Grand Central Station on Saturday before he was fatally shot by police, officials said.

A machete-wielding suspect who called himself “Lucifer” stabbed three people on the subway platform at Midtown Manhattan’s Grand Central Terminal on Saturday before officers fatally shot him, according to the New York Police Department.

The incident prompted major service disruptions across one of the city’s busiest transit hubs on Saturday morning.

New York City Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch told reporters that a man stabbed three people at the city's Grand Central subway station using a machete. Tisch said officers fatally shot the man after he was repeatedly ordered to drop the weapon.