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February 14, 2011, Monday
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A GRAFFITI artist armed with five knives went on a bloody 28-hour rampage across New York City, fatally stabbing his stepfather, ex-girlfriend and her mother, running down a pedestrian with a stolen Lexus and knifing a subway passenger before being arrested in Times Square, police said.
Maksim Gelman, 23, was armed with a bloodied kitchen knife when he was taken into police custody at about 9am local time on Saturday after a night-long manhunt from Brooklyn into Manhattan, police said.
"It's so horrendous and bizarre. We have no reason to know why he did this," said police Commissioner -Raymond Kelly.
The rampage started just after 5am on Friday, when police say Gelman fatally knifed his stepfather, 54-year-old Aleksandr Kuznetsov, at their apartment in Brooklyn. Gelman had gotten into a fight with his mother after she refused to allow him to use her Lexus, and Kuznetsov intervened and was attacked, Kelly said.
At about 10:30am, several blocks away, Gelman entered the home of his ex-girlfriend and fatally stabbed her mother, 56-year-old Anna Bulchenko, Kelly said. When 20-year-old Yelena Bulchenko arrived home at about 4pm, she found her mother dead and called 911, -police said.
Gelman was still in the house, and chased Bulchenko outside - he stabbed her 11 times as she died, Kelly said.
He then sped away in the Lexus to Brooklyn's Midwood neighborhood, rear-ending a Pontiac. The driver confronted Gelman and was stabbed three times in the chest but survived, Kelly said.
Gelman drove off in the Pontiac, hitting 62-year-old pedestrian Stephen -Tanenbaum, who died, police said.
Gelman reappeared just before 1am on Saturday, when he confronted a cab driver and stabbed him, Kelly said.
Shortly after, he approached a couple in a Nissan, stabbing the man before taking the car, police said. Both men lived.
Just after 8am on Saturday, passengers on a southbound No. 1 train in Manhattan noticed that a man on the train matched photos of Gelman they had seen in newspapers.
Gelman changed to a northbound train, where he stabbed a passenger. He was taken into custody from the train at Times Square.
Maksim Gelman, 23, was armed with a bloodied kitchen knife when he was taken into police custody at about 9am local time on Saturday after a night-long manhunt from Brooklyn into Manhattan, police said.
"It's so horrendous and bizarre. We have no reason to know why he did this," said police Commissioner -Raymond Kelly.
The rampage started just after 5am on Friday, when police say Gelman fatally knifed his stepfather, 54-year-old Aleksandr Kuznetsov, at their apartment in Brooklyn. Gelman had gotten into a fight with his mother after she refused to allow him to use her Lexus, and Kuznetsov intervened and was attacked, Kelly said.
At about 10:30am, several blocks away, Gelman entered the home of his ex-girlfriend and fatally stabbed her mother, 56-year-old Anna Bulchenko, Kelly said. When 20-year-old Yelena Bulchenko arrived home at about 4pm, she found her mother dead and called 911, -police said.
Gelman was still in the house, and chased Bulchenko outside - he stabbed her 11 times as she died, Kelly said.
He then sped away in the Lexus to Brooklyn's Midwood neighborhood, rear-ending a Pontiac. The driver confronted Gelman and was stabbed three times in the chest but survived, Kelly said.
Gelman drove off in the Pontiac, hitting 62-year-old pedestrian Stephen -Tanenbaum, who died, police said.
Gelman reappeared just before 1am on Saturday, when he confronted a cab driver and stabbed him, Kelly said.
Shortly after, he approached a couple in a Nissan, stabbing the man before taking the car, police said. Both men lived.
Just after 8am on Saturday, passengers on a southbound No. 1 train in Manhattan noticed that a man on the train matched photos of Gelman they had seen in newspapers.
Gelman changed to a northbound train, where he stabbed a passenger. He was taken into custody from the train at Times Square.
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