The deranged coke addled criminal who jumped into traffic outside the Port Authority Bus Terminal last September and waved an imaginary gun at cops — leading them to accidentally shoot and wound two passers-by — told police he had been talking to dead relatives before the shooting, according to recently released court records.
After the Sept 14th shooting at 42nd Street and Eight Avenue, Glenn Broadnax told detectives at Bellevue Hospital that he had spent the day talking to dead relatives in his head. He’d also tried to throw himself in front of cars in a suicide bid.
“He further stated that earlier in the day he smoked a blunt and did not remember anything after that or what happened in Times Square,” Det Andy Eaton wrote in his report.
Broadnax was on “a suicide-by-cop” mission when he simulated pointing a gun at police with his finger, police sources said.
Cops opened fire missing Broadnax and hitting two innocent bystanders. One bullet struck Sahara Khoshakhlagh in the buttocks while another shattered two bones in Theodora Ray’s calf as she leaned on a walker near the bus terminal.
A court-ordered psych examination found Broadnax mentally fit. He pleaded not guilty to assault, reckless endangerment, resisting arrest and other charges at his arraignment Wednesday in Manhattan Supreme Court.
“My client is a victim of a shooting,” said defense lawyer Rigodis Appling, arguing that Broadnax should be released on his own recognizance. “They claimed he had a black object they thought was a weapon. It was his wallet…Mr Broadnax never imagined that his behavior would cause police to shoot at him.”
Prosecutors countered that Broadnax caused the pandemonium at the busy intersection and shouldn’t be released on bail given his criminal history and the seriousness of the charges.
“The argument that he was suicidal doesn’t change the fact of his violent past,” said Manhattan District Attorney Shannon Lucey.
Broadnax has a long rap sheet including 23 prior arrests and two prison stints – one for attempted robber. Justice Gregory Caroo set bail at $100,000 bond.
The two officers who fired a total of three shots have been assigned to desk duty, a routine move pending a probe by the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office.