A maniac attacked three people with a glass bottle in a violent and unprovoked rampage that began at a Manhattan Whole Foods Market on Thursday evening, according to police.
The string of attacks started outside the Whole Foods on Sixth Avenue across from Bryant Park when the 33-year-old suspect bashed a 23-year-old man with a bottle around 6:40 p.m., police said.
The assailant then went inside the store to the second floor, where he attacked a 49-year-old woman, the NYPD said.
He then fled outside and into the subway station at 47th Street and 6th Avenue, where he struck a 55-year-old woman on a train.
The suspect, identified by sources as Michael Howell, was nabbed by police on 46th Street and later charged with assault.
A maniac attacked three people with a glass bottle in a violent and unprovoked rampage that began at a Manhattan Whole Foods Market, according to police. William C Lopez/New York Post
The violence unfolded around 6:40 p.m. when a man attacked a 23-year-old man with a bottle. William C Lopez/New York Post
The assailant then went inside the store to the second floor, where he attacked a 49-year-old woman. William C Lopez/New York PostAll three victims were hospitalized in stable condition.
Photos from outside Whole Foods show a woman being wheeled into an ambulance with her head wrapped in bandages.
A man was also seen sitting in the back of an ambulance nursing an apparent head injury.
The three victims were hospitalized in stable condition. William C Lopez/New York Post
The suspect hit a third victim on a subway car at the Rockefeller Street subway station. William C Lopez/New York Post
The suspect was arrested on 46th Street and charged with assault. William C Lopez/New York PostA man in glasses and wearing a black graphic hoodie and black pants was spotted being led by a cop into NYPD’s Midtown South precinct in handcuffs.
