A man fatally stabbed his step-father, ex-girlfriend and her mother, before running over a pedestrian, in a 28-hour rampage in New York City, police said.
The man, alleged to be Ukrainian-born Maksim Gelman, 23, was armed with five knives when he went on a stabbing spree early Friday, officials said.
Four other people were also knifed but survived the attacks.
Mr Gelman was finally arrested on a train on Saturday morning after a all-night manhunt, police said.
Charges against him are pending.
"It's so horrendous and bizarre. We have no reason to know why he did this," said Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly.
He said had not recalled seeing "anything like this" in the decades he had worked for the New York police department.
'Stabbed 11 times'
Police said the suspect had stabbed three people to death, hijacked two cars, ran over a pedestrian, and attacked several others in the violent spree which covered three New York City boroughs.
The attacks are said to have begun after 0500 local time (1000 GMT) on Friday when Mr Gelman allegedly killed his step-father, Aleksandr Kuznetsov, in Brooklyn's Sheepshead Bay neighbourhood.
The suspect had had a fight with his mother after she refused to allow him to use her car, a Lexus, and 54-year-old Mr Kuznetsov had intervened, police said.
Blood stains the sidewalk on Saturday, Feb. 12, 2011 outside of the home in the Brooklyn borough of New York, where police claim a 23-year-old Brooklyn man fatally The attacks began after an argument between the suspect and his mother
Less than six hours later, at about 1030 local time, Mr Gelman then went to his ex-girlfriend's home, where he killed her 56-year-old mother, Anna Bulchenko, according to Commissioner Kelly.
Returning home, Yelena Bulchenko, 20, is said to have discovered her mother and called police.
The attacker, who was still in the house, then chased her outside and stabbed her 11 times, police said.
Police said he then drove away in the Lexus, hitting another car in Brooklyn's Midwood neighbourhood.
When the driver confronted him, Mr Gelman allegedly stabbed him three times in the chest. The victim survived and is in a stable condition.
The suspect then allegedly hit a pedestrian, 62-year-old Stephen Tanenbaum, who died of his injuries. - BBC
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