Suspect arrested in NYC subway stabbings that killed 2, injured 2 others
The 21-year-old man is alleged to have attacked four homeless people in a 14-hour stabbing spree that began Friday morning.
Feb. 14, 2021, 2:58 PM EST
By Doha Madani
New York City police have arrested a man in connection
with a series of subway stabbing attacks that killed two people and injured two others, the police department said Sunday.
The man, Rigoberto Lopez, 21, faces two charges of second-degree murder, two counts of attempted second-degree murder and a single count of first-degree murder, police said. Officials said the day before Lopez was arrested that officers were called to the Fort Washington subway station around 11:20 a.m. Friday and found a 67-year-old man suffering stab wounds.
CAUGHT! Subway slasher in custody, charged with slayings and stabbings.
Officers found a man dead at a station in Far Rockaway with stab wounds to the face the and neck after another call at around 11:30 p.m. Friday. A few hours later, a Metropolitan Transportation Authority employee found a woman stabbed on a train.
The woman, 44, died at a hospital. ... Another man, 43, was found at the Fort Washington station with stab wounds around the same time, police said. He told police that he had been attacked by an unidentified man. ... All four of the people who were attacked are believed to be homeless, police said.
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Doha Madani is a breaking news reporter for NBC News.
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