{"id":315463,"date":"2025-10-19T07:43:26","date_gmt":"2025-10-19T07:43:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/315463\/"},"modified":"2025-10-19T07:43:26","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T07:43:26","slug":"gunman-waving-weapon-around-at-nyc-wikipedia-conference-nabbed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/315463\/","title":{"rendered":"Gunman waving weapon around at NYC Wikipedia conference nabbed"},"content":{"rendered":"

A man from Ohio jumped onstage with a loaded gun at a Wikipedia conference<\/a> in Manhattan and threatened to shoot himself Friday morning but was stopped before he could pull the trigger, police said.<\/p>\n

The 27-year-old suspect, carrying a flag adorned with a message regarding pedophiles, was taken by police to the East Village\u2019s 9th Precinct stationhouse for questioning after staff workers at the conference \u2014 at Civic Hall<\/a> on E. 14th St. in Union Square \u2014 grabbed him, police said.<\/p>\n

The man was later taken to Bellevue Hospital, where he is undergoing a psychiatric evaluation. He has not yet been charged.<\/p>\n

A couple who answered the phone at the suspect\u2019s Dayton, Ohio, address said they did not know he had been arrested and declined to comment.<\/p>\n

Police<\/a> said the suspect was a registered attendant at the WikiConference North America<\/a> but that it wasn\u2019t clear why he threatened to kill himself.<\/p>\n

Witnesses started calling 911 at 10:28 a.m. and said the man, armed with a loaded revolver, aimed the gun at his head in front of about 150 people and was threatening to kill himself, police said.<\/p>\n

Police sources said he was carrying a flag that read, in all capital letters, ANTI-CONTACT NON-OFFENDING PEDOPHILE, an apparent reference<\/a> to those who have a sexual interest in children but have not accessed child porn or had sexual contact with children.<\/p>\n

Sources also said he also said, loud enough for the crowd to hear: \u201cI\u2019m a non-contact pedophile \u2014 I want to kill myself.\u201d<\/p>\n

The suspect has appeared in public previously with the same sign, though it did not appear he had done so in New York City.<\/p>\n

Lauren Dickinson, a spokeswoman for the Wikimedia Foundation, said no one at the WikiConference North America was hurt and the rest of the day\u2019s program was canceled.<\/p>\n

She also said \u201cthere will be additional security as well as law enforcement on site for the remainder of this event.\u201d<\/p>\n

The conference started Thursday and is scheduled to end Sunday.<\/p>\n

The suspect, sources said, rode Amtrak to the city from Ohio and arrived Wednesday.<\/p>\n

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