NEW YORK, NY. (THECOUNT) — NYPD, local and federal partners are seeking a man spotted on security cameras placing pressure cookers in several different locations throughout the city on Friday.
The three items, appearing to be pressure cooking devices, prompted the evacuation of a major section of the Manhattan subway station while shuttering intersections and causing major traffic delays during the Friday morning commute.
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Police later determined that the objects were not explosives.
Police were looking to talk to a man seen on surveillance video taking two of the devices, which they identified as rice cookers, out of a shopping cart and placing them in the subway station. But police emphasized that so far, it wasn’t clear whether he was trying to frighten people or merely throwing the objects away, reported FOX8 on Friday.
“I would stop very short of calling him a suspect,” said John Miller, top New York Police Department counterterror official. “But we need to know the facts behind this.”
Chief Terence Monahan via Twitter:
“@NYPDChiefofDept: The NYPD is looking to locate and identify this individual who’s wanted for questioning in regard to the suspicious items inside the Fulton Street subway station this morning in Lower Manhattan. Contact @NYPDTips at #800577TIPS with info — alert a cop or call 911 if you see him.”
“It is possible that somebody put out a bunch of items in the trash today and this guy picked them up and then discarded them, or it’s possible that this was an intentional act,” he said.
If you think you know this man please contact police at 911 immediately.
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