The moments earlier a deranged antheral went connected an unprovoked fatal stabbing spree crossed Manhattan Monday were captured connected video, footage obtained by the Daily News shows.
A disheveled Ramon Rivera, 51, is seen connected surveillance video conscionable moments earlier helium attacked his archetypal victim, 36-year-old operation idiosyncratic Angel Lata Landi astir 8:20 a.m. connected W. 19th St. adjacent Tenth Ave. successful Chelsea.
In the video, Rivera is seen lasting adjacent to a parked car, taking a sweatshirt retired of a backpack and putting it implicit his stained t-shirt and trousers earlier donning a tan trench overgarment and beanie hat.
Rivera past chillingly pulls 2 ample knives retired of the backpack and puts them successful his sweatshirt pocket, the video shows.
Minutes aboriginal Rivera walked up to Lata Landi, who was moving astatine a adjacent operation site, and stabbed him successful the abdomen “without warning,” NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny said Monday, describing the unhinged attack.
Medics rushed Lata Landi to Bellevue Hospital, wherever helium died astatine 8:30 a.m., constabulary said.
After attacking Lata Landi, Rivera ran disconnected successful hunt of his 2nd victim. Around 10:27 a.m., Rivera stabbed a 68-year-old antheral who was sportfishing successful the East River Promenade adjacent the Water Club astatine E. 30th St. and FDR Drive successful Kips Bay. Less than a half-hour later, astatine 10:55 a.m. Rivera attacked a 36-year-old pistillate astatine E. 42nd St. and First Ave. successful Murray Hill.
The names of the 2nd and 3rd victims were not instantly released pending household notification, cops said. Medics rushed some to Bellevue Hospital, wherever the antheral was pronounced deceased. The pistillate died conscionable earlier 6 p.m., according to a constabulary source.
According to police, a passing cab operator saw the past assault, mistook it for a robbery, and flagged down a adjacent cop. NYPD Officer Robert Garvey, who was posted adjacent the United Nations, caught up with Rivera and took him into constabulary custody.
Rivera is charged with aggregate counts of murder. While successful custody, helium confessed to committing each 3 killings, a constabulary root told The Daily News.