Prince George’s County police said they arrested and charged a woman who is accused of stabbing and driving into multiple people at random during a chaotic crime spree.
Authorities said they took Tanay Stallings-Brown, 31, of Baltimore, into custody late Thursday night on attempted murder, assault and other charges in connection with a string of incidents that left two people severely wounded from the stabbings and another four victims with minor injuries.
“In my more than three decades of policing … I’ve [never] seen a suspect this determined, across this length, to inflict harm on innocent people. It’s deeply disturbing,” Chief Malik Aziz said during a Friday press conference. “I do hope the community takes comfort in knowing she is now in our custody.”
Police said that Ms. Stallings-Brown’s roughly 90-minute rampage began just after 5 p.m. Thursday when a driver struck a woman on a sidewalk in Capitol Heights.
The victim, who was hit near the intersection of Forest Park Drive and Ritchie Road, suffered minor injuries.
Ten minutes later, authorities said the suspect struck two more pedestrians near the intersection of Ritchie Road and Central Avenue.
Police said the female suspect then got out of her car and stabbed a 15-year-old girl, leaving the teen with life-threatening injuries. A man who was hit by the car suffered minor injuries.
Ms. Stallings-Brown is accused of ramming two more male pedestrians in back-to-back incidents around 5:25 p.m.
Authorities said one man was hit twice by a female driver in the 6800 block of Walker Mill Road. A second man was hit by the same driver in the 1000 block of Addison Road South. Both men suffered minor injuries.
The final victim was attacked in Lanham about an hour later when police said the suspect stabbed a man in the 9100 block of Annapolis Road. The victim, who police said was a taxi driver, was left with critical injuries.
Police said they tracked the suspect vehicle — a dark-colored Chevrolet Malibu — to Baltimore later that evening and arrested Ms. Stallings-Brown during a traffic stop. The Chevy Malibu had significant front-end damage and a smashed windshield, according to police.
Deputy Chief James McCreary said he hadn’t seen anything like this in his 20 years working with Prince George’s County police.
“The closest thing I can think of in recent memory was the D.C. sniper when I was coming up. It’s shocking,” he said.
Ms. Stallings-Brown was transported back to Prince George’s County and booked into jail.
D.C. Fox affiliate WTTG reported that Baltimore city police put out an arrest warrant for Ms. Stallings-Brown earlier Thursday in connection to a stabbing a day earlier that left a woman in grave condition.
Authorities said the various attacks appeared random. A motive is still under investigation.
• Matt Delaney can be reached at mdelaney@washingtontimes.com.
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