NEW YORK – Gary Cabana, 60, for stabbing two Museum of Modern Art (“MoMA”) employees on March 12, 2022, after his membership was revoked. Cabana is charged in a New York State Supreme Court indictment with two counts each of Attempted Murder in the Second Degree, Attempted Assault in the First Degree, and Assault in the Second Degree.
“As alleged, Gary Cabana brutally stabbed two employees of this historic cultural institution simply because he was banned from entering,” said Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg. “Everyone deserves to be safe in their workplace, and we will not tolerate violence against hardworking New Yorkers.”
According to court documents and statements made on the record in court, Cabana was a member of and frequent visitor to MoMA until his membership was revoked after a series of verbal altercations with patrons and employees. When Cabana returned to the museum on March 12, 2022, security guards informed him that he was officially banned from entering the museum. Cabana returned later that afternoon, jumped over the ticket counter, and stabbed two employees multiple times in the back, neck, and torso.
Cabana then fled to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he was arrested on arson charges after setting his hotel room on fire. He was extradited to Manhattan after pleading guilty in that matter.
