The madman caught on video stabbing two individuals on the Museum of Trendy Artwork final Saturday as soon as mailed a useless rat to a boss after being fired as an usher at a Broadway theater, a former co-worker advised The Put up.
Gary Cabana, 60, is accused of slashing two MoMA employees after they advised him his membership had been revoked.
Cabana was canned from his full-time gig on the Nederlander Theater on forty first Avenue — famed for debuting “Lease” — in January. Afterward, on Jan. 2, the twisted tradition buff was allegedly bounced from the theater, then punched his ex-manager in the face, cops mentioned.
“He was very upset with them and he was just about banned from coming again into the theater, and I feel that’s what sort of made him snap,” mentioned Cabana’s ex-colleague, who requested anonymity out of worry.
“After he was let go, he was upset with anyone on the workplace of the Nederlander, so he despatched them a useless rat in a shoebox. … That was out of character, or so we thought.”
The topic of his alleged rodent wrath was labor relations govt Anthony LaTorella. The Put up seen a photograph of a big useless rat inside inside a shoebox with the message, “LaTorella is a RAT,” scrawled on the lid. A rep for the NYPD confirmed a report of a useless rat in a field left outdoors the Nederlander on Jan. 4 at 3:30 a.m.
It isn’t clear why the theater fired Cabana. LaTorella and The Nederlander didn’t return messages looking for remark.
Cabana apparently suffers from psychological sickness, writing on Facebook after the alleged stabbings: “Bipolar is a tricky street [sic] to hoe.”
He was collared in Philadelphia on Tuesday, and charged with arson after allegedly setting his lodge room on fireplace whereas on the lam. New York cops plan to hunt his extradition.
Cabana’s ex-coworker described him as “very nice” and an individual who saved to himself.
“That’s why after I heard the information my jaw hit the ground,” she mentioned. “He was at all times just a little bit eccentric, however not this stage.”
The COVID-19 pandemic additionally apparently crammed Cabana with fury, particularly towards anti-maskers.
“THEY R THE ENEMY IN OUR MIDST. Root them out. Lock them UP. Segregate them,” he ranted on Fb.
Cabana known as for individuals to “take arms” towards Republicans sick with COVID-19.
“Strike now whereas the Repubs R SICK and weak from Covid-19 (AND STILL SPREADING THE VIRUS). We have to DOUBLE-CAP these VIRUS-ZOMBIES,” he wrote.
He additionally fantasized about Donald Trump.
“GO TO MAR-A-LAGO AND CUT THE HEAD OFF THE SNAKE,” he wrote. “U r on the improper facet of historical past & u let a silly grasping outdated man take cost of the nation for 4 yrs. Take his life or take your individual. The [world] is shifting ahead with out u!”
It isn’t clear why Cabana’s posts weren’t moderated below Fb’s content material insurance policies. A rep for Fb mentioned his account had been shut down since.
