Suspect ARRESTED after Stabbing Spree in Manhattan and Bronx Subway Trains

January 18 2024 MANHATTAN, New York – arrested A stabbing spree suspect – Mark Ford, 27, from east Elmhurst. Ford was arrested after a stabbing on Columbus Circle Subway line D train, where suspect stabbed a 42 year old, unprovoked, an hour later stabbing a 19 year old on a 2 train line in the Bronx, Unprovoked.

In a seperrate incidents that happened on the same day but appear unrelated to Ford, Cops were hunting for a suspect who went on a stabbing spree across multiple NYC boroughs while on the subway.

Police say the suspect has randomly stabbed four people in the past two days and they are investigating whether the same person is responsible for a subway stabbing in Brooklyn this morning.

Just before 7:30 a.m. at 134th Avenue and 161st Street, a 74-year-old man was stabbed in the stomach and a 41-year-old man was stabbed in the back, officials confirmed. Both victims were taken to Jamaica Hospital and are expected to survive.

The suspect, a man seen in surveillance video with a knife, was wearing a black jacket with a green hoodie, black pants, black Adidas sneakers with white stripes and a grey winter mask.

Police believe the attacker is behind at least two other attacks in recent days in Queens.

Search for serial stabbing suspect responsible for at least 4 assaults involving a knife since midnight in Queens is underway through New York City.

Police called for NYPD Level 3 mobilization in multiple boroughs with heavy police presence at the 59th Street – Columbus Circle Subway Station.

Officers flooded the subway lines as they searched for the suspect, one group was on D line near 34th St Herald Square Subway Station, they were conducting checks to each train arriving at the station in Manhattan.