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- ABC News
- January 18, 2024
Suspect arrested in NYC stabbing spree, police say
None of the injuries were life-threatening.
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Kenny said they also plan to arrest the suspect for a stabbing that occurred on a subway train in Brooklyn Wednesday morning.
A 28-year-old man was riding a northbound J subway train in Williamsburg around 9:20 a.m. when another man walked up to him and stabbed him in the chest in an unprovoked attack, police said.
\"We have witnesses stating he was pacing the train car prior. He stood over the victim and as the train doors opened up on Flushing Avenue, he plunged the knife into his victim's chest and simply just walked off the train,\" Kenny said.
The assailant fit the description of the attacker in the three stabbings in Queens earlier on Wednesday, Kenny said.
The victim was taken to Kings County Hospital Center in stable condition, police said.
The suspect has also been linked to a stabbing that occurred on Jan. 8 around 6:20 p.m. ET, according to Kenny. A 61-year-old man was stabbed in the lower back while walking by himself in Springfield Gardens, Kenny said.
\"The suspect actually laughed in the victim's face after he stabbed him,\" Kenny told reporters.
A good Samaritan called 911 and the victim was transported to an area hospital, Kenny said.
Police have not announced any charges in that incident.
A motive in the stabbings is unclear, with the bus incident the only one that appeared to be provoked, Kenny said.
It is unclear if Rigueur has an attorney.
The suspect has no prior arrest history and had recently moved to Queens from Suffolk County, police said.
He passed a background check and began working at Woodhull Hospital in mid-November as a patient greeter, a hospital official said. He has been placed on administrative leave following his arrest, the official said.
\"He will undoubtedly, when found guilty, be removed, but he will never return to Woodhull again,\" Dr. Mitch Katz, the CEO and president of New York City Health + Hospitals, said during Thursday's press briefing.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams said the attacks sent \"real fears throughout the entire city,\" and applauded the detectives and New Yorkers who assisted police in apprehending the suspect.
\"He attacked six individuals. It didn't appear as though he was looking to stop anytime soon,\" Adams said. \"And thank God we have no one that lost his or her life because of this incident.\"
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