A homeless man has allegedly confessed to a series of random stabbings with kitchen knives. New York City on Mondaykilling three people.

51-year-old suspect in prison police surveillance but remains unnamed by authorities. city ​​officials said The NBC New York suspect’s name is Ramon Rivera. Rivera allegedly confessed to the murders while in custody. New York Post reportsquoting anonymous sources.

Rivera has a lengthy criminal record, according to records obtained by NBC New York; Last year, there were eight arrests in New York City for seven felonies and one misdemeanor. He was released from prison on October 17 on burglary and assault charges and was arrested and released on bail for an alleged grand larceny that occurred at a Manhattan store the day of his release.

Rivera reportedly also arrested In May, he was accused of assaulting a corrections officer at the Bellevue Hospital psychiatric center in New York City. He was arrested three times and a lawsuit was filed against him He was arrested in January in Hudson County, New Jersey, on charges of criminal mischief, burglary and theft. He was later released under pretrial supervision in New Jersey, and authorities reportedly issued a warrant for the man after he failed to return to court.

“There are some real questions we need to look at as to why he’s on the street, and there are some serious mental health issues that need to be examined, and that’s what we’re trying to establish in the investigation,” New York City said. Mayor Eric Adams said at a press conference following the attacks.

The unprovoked stabbings occurred two and a half hours apart at various locations in the area on Monday morning. Manhattan. The suspect reportedly did not say a word to any of his three victims.

The first, on West 19th Street just before 8:30 a.m., killed a 26-year-old construction worker standing next to his work area near the Hudson River. About two hours later, across the island from Manhattan, a 68-year-old man was killed. The elderly man was attacked while fishing in the East River near East 30th Street.

Both men were killed, according to New York Police Department chief of detectives Joseph Kenny.

The suspect then appears to have traveled north near the riverbank. Around 10:55 a.m., a 36-year-old woman was stabbed multiple times near the United Nations headquarters on East 42nd Street, Kenny said.

According to sources, he died on Monday evening to mail. The names of the victims of the attacks were not released until their relatives were notified.

A passing taxi driver saw the third attack and notified police at nearby First Avenue and East 46th Street, authorities said. A police officer quickly caught the suspect, who had blood on his clothes and two kitchen knives.

“Three New Yorkers. The unprovoked attacks have left us searching for answers as to how something like this could happen,” Mayor Adams added at the press conference. He called the violence “a clear-cut example” of failures in the criminal justice system and elsewhere.

The suspect, who is homeless, was last arrested in October on shoplifting charges after allegedly taking a $1,500 bowl from a Tribeca store. Court records show he pleaded not guilty and was released on bail with non-monetary conditions. New York Post.

The suspect reportedly resided in a men’s shelter and was also subject to two recent mental health reports. to mail. He has five theft arrests dated December 2023, along with a petty theft charge.

The Post stated that the suspect has been arrested in New Jersey, Ohio and Florida since 2003.