Ramon Rivera, 51, was taken into custody after three people were fatally stabbed within 2 1/2 hours across Manhattan.

The suspect, identified by authorities as Ramon Rivera, 51, was taken into custody on Monday after he was found armed with two kitchen knives.

A man who officials say carried out a string of stabbings across a swath of Manhattan has been charged with three counts of murder.

The man who stabbed three people to death in Manhattan has confessed to targeting victims because they were "alone" and "distracted".

A man is accused of fatally stabbing three people across a swath of Manhattan on Monday morning, carrying out a series of random attacks without uttering a word to his victims, officials said.

Two men were killed and a woman left fighting for her life after a homeless New York City man allegedly committed a series of random stabbings, police said.

Random stabbings in New York City on Monday left three people dead. Police believe the attacks were all carried out by the same suspect, who faces murder charges.

Three unprovoked stabbings across Manhattan Monday morning left two men dead and one woman “fighting for her life,” according to the New York City Police Department. A man is in custody, police said.