Texas Man Arrested for Threatening to Kill Top KKR Exec Inside Hudson Yards HQ
The Hudson Yards subway station was evacuated on Oct. 3 shortly after 5 p.m., snarling the evening rush hour for what some thought initially was a “bomb threat.” It turned out a 35-year-old Texan allegedly threatened to kill the top executive at KKR, a huge private equity firm which is headquartered in Hudson Yards.
| 07 Oct 2025 | 01:32
The normally bustling Hudson Yards subway station was deserted during evening rush hour on Oct. 3. Police cleared the station after receiving what was initially thought to be bomb threat. It turned out to be a threat against executives of the investment firm KKR, which is headquartered there. (
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The evening rush hour on the far West Side was thrown into chaos on Oct. 3 when police received reports of a bomb threat at the Hudson Yards/W. 34th St. subway stop. The threat proved unfounded. A 35 year-old Texan was arrested in connection with the incident, in which he threatened top executives at a private equity firm. (
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The plaza outside Hudson Yards is deserted at the height of the evening rush hour on Oct. 3. There was no bomb, police said, but they took one person into custody. He was later charged with making terrorist threats against top executives of KKR, an investment firm. (
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What was initially thought to be bomb scare that forced the evacuation of the Hudson Yards subway station on Friday, Oct. 3, instead turned out to be threat directed against a top executive of investment firm Kohlberg Kravis & Roberts, which is headquartered there.
Prosecutors revealed at an arraignment on Oct. 6 that an obviously distraught individual had showed up at the offices of the private equity giant and asked to see “the CEO.” When he was ordered to leave the premises, prosecutors said a security guard heard him going on a rant. Kill [name not released] Kill Kill Die Die Die.”
It was also, prosecutors learned, not the first time the man had turned up at a KKR office and threatened executives. On March 28, 2024, he turned up at KKR offices in Menlo Park, CA.
At that time, he is said to have threatened two top executives. “My name is Alexander Minh Le. Tell [CW 1] and [CW 2] to see me here. Pieces of s*** Stealing all of my f***ing data.” His explicative-laced rant, in which he also threatened a KKR family member in San Francisco ended with: “Next time I come back, you guys are f***ing done.”
In the Hudson Yards incident, police said they arrested 35-year-old Alexander Le, from Sugar Land, Texas, and charged him with making a terrorist threat. Prosecutors sought $50,000 bail. When the judge ordered supervised release, prosecutors asked for an emergency assessment for immediate observation, care, and treatment known as a 9.43 and for full temporary orders of protection to accompany supervised release. The judge granted the request for the full temporary orders of protection but did not order the 9.43 exam.
The drama on Oct. 3 unfolded when police said they received a 911 call around 5:08 p.m. about a man making terrorist threats. Prosecutors said that they subsequently learned the defendant had driven his car from Texas to New York City that day and parked in the vicinity of Hudson Yards.
New York City is still reeling from two high-profile attacks in the past seven months. Brian Thompson, the CEO of United Healthcare, was killed in cold blood outside the Hilton Hotel in Midtown on Dec. 4. Luigi Mangione was arrested and is awaiting trial.
And then on July 28, at 345 Park Ave., a gunman who blamed the NFL for the traumatic brain injury he believed he was suffering from thanks to his days playing high school football, drove from his home in Las Vegas to the building where the NFL HQ was housed and shot four innocent victims. The gunman, Shane Tamura, then turned the gun on himself. The medical examiner revealed that the gunman did in fact have the traumatic brain injury known as CTE, Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy.
Out of an abundance of caution in the Oct. 3 incident, subway entrances were closed, and High Line staff directed visitors away from the elevated walkway that normally leads to the Hudson Yards plaza.
The response drew helicopters and members of the strategic response group.
The station was closed for about three hours before reopening around 8:15 p.m. and the MTA resumed service between the Hudson Yards station and Grand Central.
Le is due back in court on Dec. 2 and is being defended by Legal Aid attorney Tracey Tae.
The drama on Oct. 3 unfolded when police said they received a 911 call around 5:08 p.m. about a man making terrorist threats.