A maniac accused of stabbing multiple people at random with a hunting knife in Queens flashed a menacing grin at his first victim after slashing him in the back earlier this month, the man told The Post on Wednesday.
The 61-year-old grandfather said he was on his way to the laundromat on January 8 when he was allegedly attacked by 27-year-old Jermain Rigueur.
The victim initially thought the crazed stranger had just punched him until he felt blood “dripping down his pants.”
“I felt his weight but I thought he had punched me hard on my back,” recalled the victim, who did not want to be identified. “After he stabbed me he walked away, turned to me and smiled.”
The man was the first of at least five victims in Queens who were terrorized during a stabbing spree over the past two weeks, police said.
A suspect in the case was arrested Wednesday after a manhunt by the NYPD.
The victims, who police said were stabbed with hunting knives, all survived their injuries following the attack. Authorities are also looking into whether Rigueur also attacked the victim in Brooklyn.
Queens stabbing suspect. Two people were stabbed near the intersection of Guy R. Brewer Boulevard and 134th Avenue. Paul Martinka
The victim was walking on 137th Avenue in Springfield Gardens when he “felt someone” walking behind him. When he reached the corner of 157th Street and 137th Avenue, he crossed the street.
“As I crossed I saw two shadows. I saw another shadow behind me,” explained the victim. “It looks like the person is walking fast because his shadow is close. I moved further to my left. I didn’t turn to see who it was.
“I just wanted to stop him and so I moved to the left further to the side.”
The attacker ran up behind the victim as he crossed the intersection and stabbed him, although the man did not immediately know he had been stabbed.
Locations of reported stabbings throughout Queens. NY Post composite
The victim then looked at the bystander and asked if he saw the person who had just punched him — then he tasted blood.
“Then I felt warmth dripping down my pants,” the victim recalled. “I asked the man on the phone to pull my clothes. He said, ‘Oh wow, you’ve got a big cut on your back and you’re bleeding. I need to call 911.’”
The police immediately responded and continued to apply pressure to the wound before medics arrived and took him to hospital. He recovered quickly and was able to play with his grandson again.
The first victim was stabbed on Jan. 8, and later this week four more victims were targeted by the same suspect, according to authorities.
Another victim, Shaneka Anderson, 34, said she was walking home from work just after midnight Tuesday when the ghost also snuck up behind her. Rigueur allegedly stabbed her and then fled, leaving her in a state of shock and wheezing.
The same assailant then stabbed three more victims Wednesday morning, police said.
“It’s a terrible thing that we have people like that who can walk around and stab you,” the first victim said on Wednesday. “It shouldn’t be like that. Suppose he had stabbed me like that and I had just died? All over my family. My family depends on me a lot.”
Still, he insisted he had “no ill feelings” toward the stabber, describing him as a “sick person. When he heard the police had someone in custody, he said, “I’m glad he’s off the streets and can’t hurt anyone anymore .”
“I have forgiven him,” he said.
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