NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on homeless men attacked and killed in New York City (all times local):
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The man in police custody after attacks that killed four sleeping homeless people in New York streets has a history of arrests for assault.
Two law enforcement officials identified the suspect as Randy Rodriguez Santos. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because criminal charges hadn’t yet been finalized.
Santos was arrested early Saturday. Police say the 24-year-old has been arrested at least a half-dozen other times in the past two years, three times on assault charges.
It wasn’t clear whether he had a lawyer to speak for him.
Police say an attacker using a long metal bar attacked five homeless men in three different locations in Chinatown early Saturday.
One survived and was hospitalized in critical condition.