Man armed with a sword arrested at #applestore #nyc #breakingnews pic.twitter.com/qljjB1d5L5
— Boris (@borisrio) November 20, 2015
A man caught on video swinging a Samurai sword inside the Fifth Avenue Apple store had to be tackled and taken away by police, reports said.
Video reportedly taken on Friday afternoon shows the man on the flagship store’s spiral staircase waving the sword around before dropping it and picking it up again. He then starts walking down the stairs before the video cuts off. NBC New York reports that the 30-year-old man was tackled by a pair ofoff-duty officers who provide security for the store, and no one was injured in the incident. The man wastaken to Bellevue Hospital Center for evaluation, but there was no information on charges.