Baltimore woman Tanay Stallings-Brown, 31, charged with attempted murder after going on ‘random’ 90 minute rampage in Maryland, hitting five people with her car and stabbing three others – including 15-year-old girl
The woman pictured has been arrested over a chaotic crime spree in which she allegedly punched five people in four separate collisions and stabbed two others.
Tanay Stallings-Brown, 31, was charged with attempted murder on Friday after police said she launched the terrifying ‘random’ 90-minute attack.
The horrors began around 5pm on Thursday, when a pedestrian suffered minor injuries when she was hit by a car in the city Capitol Heights, just ten miles from Washington DC.
Ten minutes later, police were called to a separate scene in nearby Landover, where a man and a 15-year-old were hit by a car.
Witnesses said the woman then got out of her car and stabbed the teen, causing serious injuries. The man suffered non-life-threatening injuries.
As a manhunt was launched, officials compared the fear caused by Stallings-Brown’s alleged crime spree to that of the 2002 hunt for the D.C. sniper.
Tanay Stallings-Brown, 31, was charged with attempted murder on Friday after police said she launched the terrifying ‘random’ 90-minute attack
Investigators quickly determined the suspect was a woman driving a dark-colored sedan
After those first two attacks, police say Stallings-Brown was returning to Capitol Heights when she struck another man with a car at 5:30 p.m., leaving him with non-life-threatening injuries.
The man told police that after he was initially hit by the car, the driver turned around and hit him again.
Within minutes, another man was struck by the same black Chevrolet Malibu that police say police used to track down and arrest Stallings-Brown.
An hour later, the rampage escalated when a man was stabbed at a Lanham gas station after the suspect flagged down a taxi and attacked the driver shortly after getting into the car, police said.
The taxi driver’s injuries were described as critical by authorities. Local media showed the car was towed from the scene.
After the stabbing, police released a description of the suspect and the car, as investigators quickly determined the suspect was a woman driving a dark-colored sedan.
According to a press release from the Prince George’s County Police Department, the vehicle was first spotted at 10:50 p.m., when officers said they stopped Stallings-Brown after seeing her get into the car.
Officers on the scene found the car had “significant front-end damage and a broken windshield,” the release said.
Despite the insane nature of the crimes, officials have not determined any motive for Stallings-Brown’s alleged rampage.
After the arrest, Baltimore Police Chief Malik Aziz said he was “proud” of officers’ quick work to subdue the suspect, with the manhunt lasting about six hours.
Police say the suspect hailed a taxi and then stabbed the driver. The car turns out to be further into town
Deputy Chief James McCreary said he has been with the force since 2004 and has not seen any panic since the Washington DC sniper’s massacre in the region.
“The crimes that Stallings-Brown committed occurred in three different police departments in the span of an hour and a half,” Aziz said in a statement.
“Commanders and investigators in each of these divisions worked aggressively to interview victims and witnesses and attempt to locate video or images of the suspect.
“Investigators were able to determine that the crimes were all connected and committed by one female suspect.
“Within six hours of her first crime, PGPD detectives identified, located and arrested her in Baltimore.
“I am proud of each and every one of these officers. They worked determinedly to apprehend the suspect who so brazenly entered our community and harmed six victims. We wish each of these victims the best of luck in their recovery.”
One official described the search for the stabbing suspect as reminiscent of the search for D.C. sniper John Muhammad, left. and Lee Boyd Malvo, right
Deputy Chief James McCreary of the Prince George’s County Police Department told media he has been with the force since 2004 and has not seen panic since the Washington DC sniper’s massacre in the region.
“This is very concerning, very frightening and that’s why we wanted to alert the public immediately,” he said. WUSA9.
“The closest I can think of in recent memory was the DC sniper when I was coming up. It’s shocking,” he added.
Shortly after 11pm on Thursday evening, police confirmed the person of interest had been located and was in custody. Details of their arrest are expected later today.
Lee Boyd Malvo was 17 when he and John Allen Muhammad shot and killed 10 people and wounded three others over a three-week period in October 2002.
In recent months, several other victims were shot across the country as the duo headed from Washington state to the nation’s capital.
Malvo was convicted of capital murder in Virginia and sentenced to life in prison without parole. But a series of Supreme Court rulings and a change in Virginia law gave Malvo the chance to apply for parole after nearly two decades in custody.
Malvo’s accomplice, John Allen Muhammad, was executed in Virginia in 2009.