Man Charged With Murder After a Triple Stabbing in Manhattan

A man was charged with murder on Monday after three people were stabbed, one fatally, in the East Village on Sunday, police officials said.

The man, Alejandro Piedra, 30, was charged with murder, attempted murder and three counts of depraved indifference in the second degree, the police said. Mr. Piedra’s last known address is in Brooklyn.

One of the victims, a 38-year-old man, died after he was stabbed in the neck in the vicinity of East 14th Street near Avenue A in Manhattan, the police said.

The other two victims were a 51-year-old woman who was stabbed in the leg, and a 32-year-old man who was stabbed in the back. The woman was in critical condition at Bellevue Hospital as of Sunday night, and the man was in stable condition.

Mr. Piedra was arrested on Sunday, and a “cutting instrument” was recovered from the scene, officials said. It was unclear on Monday whether he knew the victims or what prompted the attacks.

The police received several 911 calls around 5:45 p.m. about the stabbings. Fozlul Karim, 22, of the Bronx, who is the manager of a Domino’s Pizza on the block, said he was inside cooking when a customer ran into the store. The customer told him several people had been stabbed, and he rushed outside.

He and dozens of others watched as officers and emergency medical workers on 14th Street between First Avenue and Avenue A put the woman on a stretcher and wheeled her to an ambulance, according to a cellphone video Mr. Karim took of the scene. One officer yelled “Move, move, move!” so people would get out of the way.

Mr. Karim said he was shaken by the episode. “We’re scared,” he said.

Hours after the attack, Olivia McLeod, 24, who lives across the street, stood near the scene. Several pieces of blood-spattered clothing were strewn across the pavement.

The stabbings, Ms. McLeod said, rattled her, too.

“I will keep my head on a swivel from now on,” she said.

Dakota Santiago contributed reporting.