Stabbing Rampage Suspect Caught in NYC Subway

Stabbing rampage suspect Maksim Gelman / AP Photo/New York City Police Department

NEW YORK - A 23-year-old Brooklyn man accused of going on a wild stabbing rampage Friday and Saturday that killed four and wounded two others was finally caught in a tunnel in the New York City subway system Saturday morning.

Maksim Gelman is accused of first stabbing his stepfather, Aleksander Kuznetsov "numerous" times early Friday morning, according to the New York City Police Department.

Just 11 hours later, Gelman allegedly drove a few blocks away and stabbed his 20-year-old girlfriend Yelena Bulchenko, and her mother, 56-year-old Anna Bulchenko.

All three were found dead by police.

Gelman then fled in a stolen Lexus, police said. He then dumped that car and carjacked a Pontiac, stabbing the driver, who was later reported in stable condition, reportsThe New York Times. In the second car, Gelman allegedly ran down a pedestrian, who died later at a hospital.

Early Saturday morning, a subway rider recognized Gelman on the No. 3 subway train near Times Square, and alerted authorities, the New York Post reports.

Gelman then allegedly attacked a 40-year-old passenger aboard the train, stabbing him in the neck.

The passenger survived, and police later caught Gelman after he fled down a subway tunnel, the Post reports.

[markenriquez71]

@flexsf you are a troll sloth, I despise idiot scum like you and jumkey, you and jumkey are part of the herd your kind is completely useless

[chatmandu7451]

Wait, he must be a conservative, Tea Party, xenophobic, racist, gun crazed nutjob. Oh my, he was eastern European and used a knife. Sorry, got caught up with the blame everything on the republicans and Tea Party crowd. LOL

[Janfebmarapr]

We need strict knife control laws.

[DubleDeuce]

"He was taken into custody from the train at Times Square. None of Gelman's relatives could be reached for comment Saturday."

Well HELL NO. They were all dead.

WHO let this guy buy 5 knives? We have GOT to put a limit on the number of knives a felon can legally have. That would have prevented SOME of this carnage. I just checked the 2nd Amendment and it don't say nuttin' 'bout havin' no knives. So the city of NYUK NYUK should pass a law prohibiting them.

Thank GOD he could only drive ONE car at a time. As you can see it DID save lives...at the expense of one. If I were defending this guy in court on the count of vehicular homicide I would plead him innocent by way of Defective and Stuck Throttle pedal on that LEXUS.

Darrow...for the Prosecution

[flexsf]

Sounds like a Republican, Christian terrorist. They hate everyone not like them.

[wheresmycountry]

Too bad nobody had a gun to stop him. You can't exactly ban knives. Even vegetarians use knives.

[markenriquez71]

@jumkey I have to say it again, I really do, how is it possible for you to be such a COMPLETE AND TOTAL IDIOT? You are mad at people on this site for wanting a murderer dead and you say they should be dead, you're saying to them the very thing they said about a MURDERER. I take it back you don't even qualify to be an idiot, you are lower than an idiot.

[djseavy]

Because of the number of innocent people sitting on death row for years, some nearly executed, I became anti-death penalty. However, when you have someone like this animal, pull the switch, pull the lever, or push the plunger on the syringe and be done with it. About the only reason I can find to keep him alive is to give some of the hard-up inmates a play toy for a while.

[markenriquez71]

@jumkey you are a COMPLETE AND TOAL IDIOT

[flexsf]

Dear well armed citizen, I would crush you if I saw you firing at anyone.

[markenriquez71]

@flexsf you are a troll sloth

[hillbillyvol]

Too bad NYC did not celebrate Bernard Goetze. A well armed citizen could have stopped this, but NYC disarmed the general public.

[jumkey]

Good idea. Can you solve another problem for us?

Put your gun in your mouth and pull the trigger.

Thanks!

[DoctorGlennPHD]

jumkey: you are damn fool.