Subject with a knife was arrested after dragging his mother by the hair on a Manhattan street

An insane man with a knife was arrested in Midtown Manhattan on Sunday morning after trying to drag his mother by her hair to an ATM while threatening to take her life, sources and witnesses reported.

The subject, who has not been identified by authorities, was captured by officers around 8:30 this morning on West 43rd Street at Ninth and Tenth avenues, after a dog walker observed the incident and called 911. .

“He had her by the back of the neck and pushed her,” said witness Hannah Canerday.

“She was trying to resist, but I asked her if everything was okay because I didn’t see that she had a knife,” Canerday explained.

“Then he said ‘stop talking’ and said he was going to kill her,” she testified. “Then I saw the knife as they walked past me, so I flagged down someone a little further down to tell them something was going on and then I called 911.”

Two officers were injured when they tried to arrest the individual, one of them received a cut on his hand when he tried to take the knife from him and the other was wounded in the knee, police sources said.

In photos from the scene you can see the suspect, dressed in a complete blue and red plaid suit resembling a jester, finally handcuffed and transported on a stretcher to an ambulance.

Likewise, a woman, who appeared to be the man’s mother, was shown talking to a New York Police Department (NYPD) officer, the New York Post reported.

Witnesses stated that the suspect came out of one of the buildings in Midtown Manhattan, holding his mother tightly by the hair and yelling at pedestrians to keep their distance from them.

“Don’t come near me!” he allegedly shouted. “I am going to kill her”.

NYPD officials said charges were pending against the subject.

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