line before he came here to the new york city area to potentially target officers on years eve. cory, as you can imagine, this place was bustling, it was packed. tens of thousands of people here at the times square area. there were certainly a lot of chaos shortly after this knife attack. officials are saying they were able to secure the area quickly. and then they carried out this press conference earlier this morning with an update. take a listen. one officer, any year veteran, suffered a laceration to the head. the second officer who graduated police academy on friday was also struck in the head. resulting in a skull fletcher and large lacerations. one of the officers fired their service weapon. striking the subject of these shoulder. the three officers removed to bellevue hospital rivalry for to report that they are in stable condition. cory, we are still waiting for an update on those officers. but they are expected to survive. officials are saying that there is no l
i m cory kaufman in for alex. we begin this hour with breaking news. and investigation is underway after three nypd officers were attacked with a machete. police say the incident took place to 7:00 last night. outside of screening zone in times square. not far from the new years eve festivities. according to the nypd, the 19-year-old suspect swung this large knife at three officers. hitting two of them in the head before being shot in the shoulder and arrested by police. nbc s kathy park joins us now from new york city. kathy, what are police learning about the suspect? and whether the attack was targeted? cory, several law enforcement sources are telling nbc news that the suspect has been identified as a 19-year-old trevor big fareed of wells maine. authorities are saying that he doesn t have a criminal history. but he was known to law enforcement because of a social media postings. now they are taking a look at previous postings. possibly jihadist ratings on