A lone, knife-wilding assailant killed two men and critically wounded a woman during an hours-long stabbing spree Monday morning through the streets of New York City, authorities said.

Police believe three stabbings in New York City Monday morning that left two people dead may be connected. They have a suspect in custody.

Three people were stabbed in Manhattan Monday morning, two fatally, in what appears to be an unprovoked spree by a lone attacker, police said. The first victim, a 30-year-old construction worker, was stabbed about 8:20 a.

A suspect is in custody accused of fatally stabbing two people and injuring a third across three different locations in Manhattan on Monday morning, law enforcement sources tell NBC New York. The alleged attacker was caught at 46th Street and 1st Avenue and is currently in custody at a police precinct,