According to the FBI, Everitt Aaron Jameson, 26, told an undercover FBI agent he intended to target San Francisco’s popular Pier 39 on Fisherman’s Wharf on Christmas Day.
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – The NYPD is stepping up security around churches for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.
There will be blocker trucks and officers armed with heavy weapons outside St. Patrick’s Cathedral.
“Obviously, Christmas coming up this weekend, Christmas Masses. We’re going to have full counter-terrorism overlays at St. Pat’s, there will be blocker cars, there will be teams out there. We will have truck restrictions on both Fifth and Madison Avenues from 42nd Street up to 57th Street,” said NYPD Chief of Patrol Terence Monahan. ”
It’s all part of a beefed up presence for the holiday, 1010 WINS’ Al Jones reported.
“We will have heavy weapons teams responding throughout the city and throughout Midnight Masses and through the Masses on Christmas Day as well,” Monahan said.
The increased police presence isn’t in response to any specific threat and come ahead of the New Year’s Eve celebration in Times Square celebration.
The FBI announced however that it had thwarted a Christmas Day attack in San Francisco.
According to the FBI, Everitt Aaron Jameson, 26, told an undercover FBI agent he intended to target San Francisco’s popular Pier 39 on Fisherman’s Wharf on Christmas Day.
Court documents allege that Jameson “voiced support for the October 31,2017 terror attack in New York City.” Eight people were killed in that attack.
Check back soon for more on this developing story.
