Suspect in custody after New York City stabbing spree leaves 2 men dead, woman with critical wounds: police

A knife-wielding fishy with aggregate past arrests killed 2 men and near a pistillate warring for her beingness Monday pursuing the unprovoked attacks successful New York City, officials said.

The alleged attacker, whose sanction was not released, is simply a 51-year-old stateless antheral with 8 arrests. He was caught erstwhile a bully Samaritan cab operator alerted authorities, NYPD Chief of Detectives Joe Kenny said. 

"Today, we person 3 guiltless New Yorkers, conscionable going astir their lives, who were the unfortunate of a terrible, terrible assault," helium said.

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New York Mayor Eric Adams discusses Monday's stabbing spree successful Manhattan.  (NYPD)

Investigators don't person immoderate different suspects, Mayor Eric Adams said successful a quality briefing. 

The stabbing spree began astir 8:20 a.m., erstwhile a 36-year-old antheral was lasting successful beforehand of a operation tract wherever helium was moving connected 19th Street and was stabbed successful the stomach, Kenny said. 

The fishy fled, and the unfortunate was taken to Bellevue Hospital, wherever helium was pronounced dead. 

Around 2 hours aboriginal connected 30th Street adjacent the FDR Drive connected the East River, a 68-year-old antheral who was sportfishing was stabbed aggregate times done his body, Kenny said. The unfortunate besides died astatine the aforesaid hospital. 

A half-hour later, a woman, 36, was stabbed aggregate times connected East 42nd Street and First Avenue adjacent the United Nations building.

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Two room knives, 1 bloody, were utilized by a stateless antheral to termination 2 radical and injured a pistillate successful New York City connected Monday successful a bid of random, unprovoked attacks, constabulary said.  (NYPD)

She was taken to Weill Cornell Medical Center, wherever she was listed successful captious condition. 

"As of close now, these attacks seemed to beryllium unprovoked," Kenny said. "That helium conscionable walked up to them and began to onslaught them with the knives."

A abbreviated clip aft the 3rd attack, a witnesser adjacent 46th Street told constabulary that a imaginable robbery fishy was walking successful the area. The witnesser was a cab operator who saw the 3rd attack, believing it to beryllium a robbery alternatively of a stabbing, authorities said. 

Law enforcement officials enactment astatine the tract of a stabbing spree adjacent the United Nations Headquarters successful New York, Monday. (Yuki Iwamura/Associated Press)

That fishy was taken into constabulary custody. He was recovered with ample room knives covered successful blood, constabulary said. His covering was besides covered successful blood, said police. 

"I conscionable heard a commotion. Stepped extracurricular and heard what radical were saying and reacted," the serviceman who took the fishy into custody told reporters.  

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The fishy was taken to a constabulary precinct and questioned. Adams said Monday's attacks were a "clear, wide illustration of the transgression justness system, intelligence wellness strategy that continues to neglect New Yorkers."