NEW YORK — A 23-year-old man went on a deadly stabbing spree that spread over 11 hours on Friday, killing first his stepfather, then his girlfriend and her mother before injuring two others as he escaped, police said.
The New York Police Department launched a manhunt for Maksim Gelman, saying he had stabbed Aleksandr Kuznetsov "numerous" times at around 5 a.m. Friday.
Police found the 54-year-old's body inside his home in Brooklyn's Sheepshead Bay neighborhood after receiving a 911 call reporting a stabbing at that address.
About 11 hours later, police received another 911 call reporting a stabbing just a few blocks away. When they arrived, police discovered the bodies of Gelman's girlfriend, 21, and her mother, 50, said police, who declined to release the victims' names.
Police say Gelman escaped in a Lexus he had stolen earlier that day, drove a few blocks north before carjacking and stabbing a 60-year-old driver, then hitting an 80-year-old pedestrian as he escaped. The pedestrian was hospitalized in critical condition. The driver is stable.
Anthony Riggio, superintendent at the building where Gelman lives, told the New York Post it was "no secret" that Kuznetsov and his stepson didn't get along.
