QUEENS, N.Y. (PIX11) – The suspect who allegedly stabbed five people in a spree of random attacks in Queens was taken into custody Wednesday evening, a police source said.
The identity of the suspect hasn’t been released.
The first known stabbing in the spree happened on Jan. 8, with the last three attacks happening within one hour Wednesday morning. The stabbing victims include four men and a woman. All of the victims are expected to survive their injuries, according to police. Authorities believe the same man is responsible for all the attacks.
“We have an unidentified individual who is walking around the street randomly stabbing people with a hunting knife. There is no connection to the individuals, and it seems to be unprovoked,” NYPD Chief of Patrol John Chell said earlier Wednesday.
A 34-year-old woman was stabbed from behind just after midnight Tuesday near 158th Street and 134th Avenue in Springfield Gardens, according to the NYPD. The victim was stabbed after she got off a bus while coming home from work, authorities said.
“He followed me, and as I was approaching my house, he stabbed me,” the 34-year-old victim said. “I really got lucky with the layers that I had on. I didn’t know the knife was that big. And seeing pictures come up in the media, I saw that it could’ve done a lot more damage.”
Two men were also stabbed in back-to-back incidents in Springfield Gardens Wednesday morning, according to authorities. A 74-year-old man was stabbed once in the back while walking with his wife on 134th Avenue at 7:29 a.m., police said. The suspect ran up from behind and stabbed the victim without saying a word, according to police.
About five minutes later, a 41-year-old man was stabbed in his abdomen while trying to move his car to a legal spot on 161st Street, according to police.
Around 25 minutes later, a 36-year-old man was stabbed after getting into an argument with the suspect on an MTA bus, police said. The suspect stabbed the victim after they both got off the bus at Parsons Boulevard and Archer Avenue in Jamaica, according to authorities.
Last week on Jan. 8, a 61-year-old man was stabbed once in the lower back while walking at the intersection of 137th Avenue and 157th Street in Springfield Gardens around 6:20 p.m., police said.
“These are senseless, unprovoked attacks, and the NYPD is working around the clock to identify and locate the person responsible and to stop this violence,” NYPD Commissioner Edward Caban said earlier Wednesday.
Finn Hoogensen is a digital journalist who has covered local news for more than five years. He has been with PIX11 since 2022. See more of his work here.
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