NEW YORK — A man who police say stabbed two employees at the Museum of Modern Art and set a fire inside a Philadelphia hotel room has been charged in Pennsylvania, officials said Wednesday.
Gary Cabana was arrested just after 1 a.m. Tuesday at a Greyhound bus station in Philadelphia, according to law enforcement officials.
On Wednesday, the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office announced Cabana has been arraigned and is facing several charges related to the hotel arson and for being a fugitive of justice.
According to officials, he is being held without bail and a mental health evaluation has been ordered.
Cabana has yet to be charged in New York and no information regarding his extradition was available Wednesday.
Authorities previously identified Cabana, 60, as the MoMA stabbing suspect and noted Tuesday that he was also connected to an arson incident that happened Monday inside a fifth-floor room at a Best Western Hotel in Philadelphia.
No injuries were reported in connection with the fire, Philadelphia officials said.
Days before his arrest, the NYPD had released footage of Cabana in an attempt to locate him, allegedly showing him jump over a counter at the museum and violently attack two 24-year-old workers.
Authorities previously identified Cabana, 60, as the MoMA stabbing suspect and noted Tuesday that he was also connected to an arson incident that happened Monday inside a fifth-floor room at a Best Western Hotel in Philadelphia.
No injuries were reported in connection with the fire, Philadelphia officials said.
Days before his arrest, the NYPD had released footage of Cabana in an attempt to locate him, allegedly showing him jump over a counter at the museum and violently attack two 24-year-old workers.
Authorities said the incident began after Cabana was denied entry to the museum Saturday because of revoked membership. While security was present in the building at the time, police said the suspect was able to flee the scene following the attack.
Police said one worker was stabbed multiple times and the other suffered a wound to the left collarbone. Both were transported to a nearby hospital and released after receiving treatment.
The museum was evacuated after the attack and remained closed to the public through Monday. It reopened at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday.
Authorities noted that Cabana had been reported for "disorderly conduct" at the museum before and is known to the staff.
In a statement released Tuesday evening, the Philadelphia Police Department said that the NYPD is currently working on extraditing Cabana.
Police said the investigation is ongoing.