New York Post – by Larry Celona and Lorena Mongelli
He was out for blood — and looking for a suicide-by-cop.
The Bronx man who plowed his car into a Times Square crowd, killing a teen tourist and injuring 22 others, wanted to commit murder, and then wanted cops to kill him, police sources said.
“You were supposed to shoot me! I wanted to kill them,” Richard Rojas, 26, told police, according to sources.
The killer, who’s been arrested twice for DWI, wasn’t drunk when he went on the rampage in the heart of the Big Apple, a high-ranking police official said. Rojas is currently being tested for drugs, as he appeared to be high, according to sources.
He served in the US Navy from 2011 to 2015, and was not honorably discharged, sources said.
A friend said Rojas was never the same after he returned from his military service, and took up drinking to cope with the stress.
“He finally came home, and it was hard for him to find a job,” said Harrison Ramos, 30. “He was having a lot of bad nightmares. He was talking crazy. He was acting strange.”
Ramos added he would buy alcohol “to forget about all that stuff.”
“He should’ve gotten professional help,” he said. “He would talk about demons and devils and conspiracy theories.”
But on Wednesday night, Rojas appeared to be in “good spirits” as he partied with friends and celebrated getting his car back, a pal said.
“He just got his car back, a Honda,” said Jose Medrano, 27. “He was happy about it. He said they had taken his car for lack of payment. He just gotten it back and was happy.”
“He was drinking last night out here, with his friends,” Medrano added. “He looked in good spirits.”
The next day, Rojas used the Honda to mow down nearly two dozen people on the sidewalk, police said.
http://nypost.com/2017/05/18/times-square-maniac-told-cops-i-wanted-to-kill-them/
Hog fat and a bunch of bullshit. Watch the cctv footage. He does a u turn and floors it. Gets out of the car and decks the traffic cop and starts acting like he’s been drugged and starts flopping around and running all crazy….can you say MK Ultra boys and girls….I knew you could.
He went off script. This wasn’t supposed to happen yet. Too close to the DHS release of the new terror alert just the day before saying this shit was coming…oops I guess this guy got ahead of the script…
i reckon he was supposed to wait until that POS David Clarke officially takes over at DHS
“… wanted to commit murder, and then wanted cops to kill him, police sources said.”
That could have EASILY been accomplished.
“… Rojas used the Honda to mow down nearly two dozen people on the sidewalk,…”
Do that in a pig station parking lot… they’ll kill you for sure.
Lame.