In a horrifying series of events, a knife-wielding attacker went on a stabbing spree in Manhattan on Monday morning, leaving three people dead in what police have described as unprovoked assaults.
The suspect, 51-year-old Ramon Rivera, a homeless man with a history of mental health issues and eight prior arrests, has been charged with three counts of first-degree murder.
Timeline of Tragedy
The spree began at 8:22 a.m. on West 19th Street, where 36-year-old construction worker Angel Lata Landi was fatally stabbed in the abdomen as he worked near a construction site. About two hours later, Rivera struck again, attacking a 68-year-old man fishing near East 30th Street. The third and final victim, 36-year-old Wilma Augustin, was attacked just 25 minutes later near the United Nations. She suffered multiple stab wounds to her chest and arm and succumbed to her injuries at New York Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center.
Surveillance footage captured Rivera preparing for the attacks, donning gloves and wielding two bloody kitchen knives recovered upon his arrest. Witnesses describe him as a familiar face in the area, often shouting at passersby. The NYPD confirmed that no words or property exchanges preceded the attacks, underscoring their randomness.
We don’t cover stabbings as much here as I used to at TTAK, but sometimes you “can’t not” do it. This was one of those.
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