Overview

• Security camera footage shows Morales-Garcia brandishing a knife and making throat-slitting gestures as he chased U.S. Attorney John A. Sarcone III outside an Albany hotel.
• Sarcone escaped uninjured into the hotel lobby and deputies arrested Morales-Garcia within minutes of the attack.
• Morales-Garcia, 40, is an illegal immigrant from El Salvador with prior deportations and a criminal record in multiple U.S. states.
• He faces attempted second-degree murder charges and is being held without bail in the Albany County jail.
• The attack prompted Rep. Elise Stefanik to criticize Gov. Hochul’s immigration policies and drew praise from Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan for the swift law enforcement response.