- Videos from social media show a man wielding a strange bladed weapon threatening protesters in Queens, New York City.
- Reports also suggested that Cavalluzzi drove his SUV towards protesters as if to run them down.
- According to the New York Post, the man was Frank Cavalluzzi, a 54-year-old construction worker. The newspaper said he gave himself up to police on Thursday.
- The NYPD confirmed to Insider that Cavalluzzi had been charged with reckless endangerment, menacing, and criminal possession of a weapon.
A Queens, New York man who attempted to run over Black Lives Matters protestors in his SUV after threatening them with a bladed weapon has surrendered to police, according to the New York Post.
The Post named the man as Frank Cavalluzzi, a 54 year-old construction worker.
An NYPD spokesperson told Insider that Cavalluzzi had been charged with reckless endangerment, menacing, and criminal possession of a weapon.
The Post said Cavalluzzi surrendered at a police station on Thursday and was arrested by officers.
Video purportedly shows him threatening protesters in the Whitestone neighborhood of Queens on Tuesday, wearing an unusual arm-mounted weapon with blades strapped to it.
The Post compared the weapon to the metal claws of Wolverine, the Marvel comic-book character.
Video posted to social media shows a man yelling at the protestors from his SUV, prompting the protestors to yell back at him.
"I'll kill you," the man can be heard saying in a video posted to Twitter by a local NBC reporter. "You're in the wrong neighborhood, b----."
Another video shows the man getting out of the car and threatening people with the weapon.
According to the Post, further video shows the man attempting to run down protesters with his SUV.
On Wednesday, the day after Cavalluzzi's attack, a larger group of protestors protested on the same spot in Whitestone.
Ashley Collman contributed reporting to this post.
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