A man has been taken into custody after allegedly killing two people and injuring a third in an apparent unprovoked stabbing spree in Manhattan, authorities said.
The first victim, a 36-year-old man, was fatally stabbed in the abdomen at 8:22 a.m. Monday in an unprovoked attack by the construction site where he was working on West 19th Street, the NYPD said.
About two hours later, a 68-year-old man was fatally stabbed multiple times on East 30th Street, police said.
The third victim, a 36-year-old woman, is in critical condition after being stabbed multiple times around 10:55 a.m. at 42nd Street and First Avenue, police said.
The 51-year-old suspect — who lives at the Bellevue Men’s Shelter on East 30th Street — appeared to pick the victims at random, police said.
He was apprehended around East 46th Street and 1st Avenue, police said.