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Police arrest man accused of stabbing 3 people in Brooklyn

NEW YORK -- One person is in custody, after police say three people were stabbed in Brooklyn early Sunday morning.

Police said the violence happened just before 2 a.m. A man woke up with slash wounds on his neck on a No. 4 train in East New York.

Investigators believe the attacker also stabbed two men at a nearby homeless shelter just minutes before.

The 27-year-old suspect was arrested about an hour later.

All of the victims were listed in stable condition. 

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