A disgruntled ex-patron of a Chelsea mixed martial arts center waited outside for an hour for the gym to open before he stabbed and wounded a current member, prosecutors say.
Caleb Perry, 23, is banned from Radical MMA gym on W. 29th St. but that didn’t stop him from showing up, knife in hand, about 11 a.m. on Saturday, prosecutors allege.
Once in the gym, Perry charged a 24-year-old member, stabbing him three times in the back, according to prosecutors.
“That student turned around and restrained him and the other students jumped in and disarmed him and that’s when the cops arrested him,” the gym’s owner, Rene Dreifuss, told ABC7 “Eyewitness News.” Perry had been kicked out years ago for bad behavior, Dreifuss told the station.
Witnesses to the stabbing flagged down nearby cops, who restrained Perry and disarmed him, police said.
Medics transported the victim to Bellevue Hospital in stable condition.
“I know I am going to jail,” Perry told cops, according to Assistant Manhattan District Attorney Violet Cho.
Perry was arraigned in Manhattan Criminal Court on attempted murder, assault and burglary charges Sunday and ordered held on $450,000 bond.
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