Number 8 Incident in Carrizo Springs A video from an arrest on the US’ southern border,
taken in January of 2022, showed an accused people smuggler growling and lunging towards officers.
Immigrant smugglers are colloquially known as coyotes and the arrested woman’s behavior seemed
to emulate that of the wild animal. A video of the incident was captured by an agent assigned
to the Del Rio Sector's Carrizo Springs Station, in Texas. After she was handcuffed and while she
was being put in a van, the unnamed woman refused to respond to border patrol officers’ commands.
She blankly stared at the ground, ignoring requests to put her feet in the vehicle. She
then let out a loud noise, growled and lunged at law enforcement. She continued making animal
noises as officers tried to press the door on her, fearing that she would try to flee. It
was only after law enforcement warned her she’d be shot with a Taser that the smuggler gave the
first hint of compliance by stating that she didn’t understand what they were telling her.
Number 7 Glenn Hirsch Leading up to the spring of 2022,
New York City man Glenn Hirsch had been embroiled in a bitter dispute with the Great Wall restaurant
in Queens. His vendetta against the Chinese eatery had reportedly begun after he’d felt
shorted on a delivery of duck sauce. He showed up to the establishment, in December of 2021,
and reportedly damaged the vehicle of restaurant owner Ken Yang. The latter, aided by delivery
driver Zhiwen Yan, went outside to catch and confront Hirsch, who’d initially had his face
covered. Photos taken at the scene showed the man and Yan engaged in a physical altercation that had
led to him being unmasked. Hirsch reportedly told the delivery driver during the dispute that he
had a gun and that he would remember him, before taking off in his Lexus. Then, on April the 30th,
Yan was heading back to the restaurant on his scooter after making a delivery in Forest Hills.
He was at a stoplight when Hirsch approached him on foot, shot him multiple times, and then fled
in a vehicle. Yan succumbed to his injuries in a local hospital. As reported by his coworkers, the
man, a native of Fuzhou, in southeastern China, worked seven days a week to provide for his wife
and children back home. The Duck Sauce Killer, as Hirsch was labeled by the media, was arrested in
the aftermath. He pleaded not guilty to the murder charge during his arraignment and was released
on a $500,000 bail, with an ankle monitor, while awaiting trial. In August of 2022, the authorities
went to his home because he hadn’t showed up for the legal proceedings, and found he’d fatally shot
himself. Hirsch left behind a note proclaiming his innocence and arguing that the accusations
against him, in spite of the damning evidence, were “a textbook case of sloppy police work.”
Number 6 Jessica Vega
35-year-old Texas woman Jessica Vega tried to kidnap a young girl from a San Antonio Walmart
in early September of 2022. She pushed the child’s older sibling’s hands off the shopping cart and
began to walk away while the toddler was still in the child seat. Their 28-year-old mother,
who wasn’t named, went after Vega as she was walking away with her daughter, but the latter
refused to return the child. She allegedly told the mother “just because she's yours,
doesn't mean I can't take her”. Witnesses and store staff successfully intervened and Vega
fled on foot but was later arrested on a charge of attempted kidnapping. In the incident’s aftermath,
Vega’s ex-husband, Michael O’Connell, talked to the media and described the woman as “a sick,
twisted individual” revealing the physical and psychological torment she’d put him through.
After the birth of their daughter, in the late 2000s, Vega became more paranoid and violent.
She constantly accused O’Connell of cheating and, in various incidents, physically attacked
him. O’Connell reported that, in one case, Vega badly beat herself up trying to get him arrested
for domestic violence and he woke up with nine officers pointing their guns at him. They moved
past the incident when Vega became pregnant for a second time and told O’Connell he was the father,
which a DNA test later disproved. Still, he decided to remain in the child’s life. Then,
in 2010, Vega claimed she was diagnosed with terminal cancer and O’Connell felt he could no
longer walk away from the relationship. They got married and went on a Caribbean honeymoon using
the bulk of the $13,000 in donations that people had sent in for Vega’s treatment. Three months
later, O’Connell learned that Vega had lied about the disease and ended their marriage. The woman
went on to be indicted on charges of fraud and grand larceny. O’Connell revealed that she painted
him as a monster during the custody battle for their daughter, and was eventually granted full
rights. Then, whenever the man wanted to visit his child, Vega would make him have intercourse
with her first. Eventually, Vega’s mother was given temporary emergency custody of her
children. Her pre-trial hearing on the attempted kidnapping charge was set for October of 2022.
Number 5 Andrew Abdullah On May the 22nd of 2022,
New York City man Daniel Enriquez was on his way to brunch on a Manhattan-bound Q-train. The
48-year-old Goldman Sachs employee was on the last car where another man, Andrew Abdullah, was pacing
back and forth and mumbling to himself. As later reported by the authorities, the only discernible
words that 25-year-old Abdullah was heard saying was “no phones”. He then walked up to Enriquez,
a complete stranger to him, and shot him once in the chest at point blank range. The police
arrested the suspect at the Legal Aid Society offices in Manhattan, while his surrender to
Mayor Eric Adams was being negotiated. Taking part in the talks on behalf of Abdullah was
the mayor’s longtime friend Lamor M. Whitehead, a controversial Brooklyn bishop known for flaunting
his luxurious lifestyle. He and Abudllah’s lawyers later complained that he’d been arrested during
negotiations, claiming he’d been “ambushed” by the NYPD. Abdullah had been on the run since the
shooting and the subject of a city-wide manhunt. He was reported to be suffering from mental health
issues and allegedly didn’t remember killing Enriquez while his criminal record showed he’d
been arrested 19 times since 2015. Number 4 Jeremy Garnier
In 2020, Facebook Live users stumbled upon the video of a man dressed up as a Batman villain,
threatening to go out in public and kill people until his stream reached 1,000 watchers. In
between puffs from a glass bong, Missouri man Jeremy Garnier expressed an intention to
“take over the world” while wearing makeup and clothes emulating the Joker. The 48-year-old,
a prolific battle rapper with a small online following, then took his act on the road. He
posed for photos and freestyle rapped at the St. Louis mall before going to the Delmar Loop, an
arts and restaurant area in the city’s northeast. He ordered a Sprite at the Blueberry Hills bar,
claiming that he couldn’t be intoxicated while intending to “kill a bunch of people”,
all the while checking in with his viewership. Garnier told them that the reason he’d captured
their attention was part of an effort to end the opioid epidemic plaguing US society,
describing it as the “leading killer in people under 50 years of age”. However, he then went
on to reaffirm an intention of killing people. The police, who’d become aware of his deranged stream,
arrived at the establishment and placed Garnier in handcuffs, charging him with one felony count
of making threats and labeling him a danger to the community. His booking photo showed the man still
wearing his makeup while displaying a wide smile. While some insisted that he was merely playing a
character for attention and even expressed support for the former addict’s mission of
fighting the opioid crisis, others were unnerved by his threats and frightening appearance.
Number 3 Rachelle Waterman 48-year-old Alaska woman Lauri
Waterman went missing in November of 2004 and her remains were subsequently found in a minivan
that had been abandoned in the woods and set on fire. The investigation that followed revealed
that Lauri had been killed before being placed in the vehicle, in an attempt to disguise her murder
as a car accident. Suspicions fell on the woman’s teenage daughter, Rachelle, who ran a blog called
My Crappy Life chronicling numerous conflicts between her and Lauri. Some of them stemmed from
Rachelle’s feelings of isolation in the small town of Craig while others were focused on the
male company she kept and recent interests in the pagan religion of Wicca. Rachelle had two friends,
Jason Arrant and Brian Radel, both of whom she’d dated and with whom she’d shared stories about her
mother abusing her in the household. They became concerned for the teenager’s safety, and Rachelle
led them to believe that she wanted her mother dead. Arrant and Radel were longtime friends and
had reportedly once made a blood oath to help each other if needed. When Rachelle and her father were
out of town, they kidnapped Lauri and forced her to drink wine, so that her death would look like
a drunk-driving accident. Once they were in the woods, Radel fatally suffocated Lauri before he
and Arrant set her vehicle ablaze. The two men broke during interrogation and confessed their
involvement in the woman’s killing. Both eventually pleaded guilty to first-degree
murder for which Radel was sentenced to 99 years in prison, with release for good behavior possible
in 33 years, while Arrant was given 50 years, with parole available after 16. The duo also testified
against Rachelle during her legal proceedings, which eventually resulted in a mistrial. Rachelle
was tried once again and sentenced to three years in prison, in 2011, after being found guilty of
criminally negligent homicide. Number 2 Gary Cabana
The New York Police Department released disturbing footage in March of 2022, showing a deranged man
stabbing two workers at the Museum of Modern Art, in Manhattan. The suspect, identified
as 60-year-old Gary Cabana, was reportedly angry that his membership had been revoked,
following two previous incidents of disorderly conduct. When he showed up for a movie screening,
at around 4 pm, he was denied entry. In an attack captured by surveillance cameras, Cabana
took out a knife and jumped over the reception desk. He cornered two terrified employees and
started stabbing them. Another worker managed to distract Cabana by throwing a large binder at him,
giving the others a chance to escape. The museum was temporarily closed as the authorities believed
Caban was still inside but surveillance footage later showed him leaving the building. The
deranged man’s attack had left a 24-year-old woman with knife wounds to her neck and back
while a man, also aged 24, was stabbed in the collarbone. They were rushed to the hospital but
their injuries weren’t deemed life-threatening. In the aftermath, a user writing as Cabana
continued posting to Facebook ramblings about Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde, and that he suffered from
bipolar disorder. Some posts claimed there was a conspiracy to ban him from the museum, referring
to it as a backstabbing and then referencing Cabana’s spree, claiming “I don’t backstab,
I do the frontside only.” After the incident, Cabana checked into a hotel in Philadelphia,
under his real name, where he intentionally set fire to one of the rooms. Patrols were ramped up
in the city and officers eventually found Cabana sleeping on a bench at a Greyhound bus station,
where they arrested him without incident. Number 1 Ethan Blair Miller
On August the 28th of 2022, Ethan Blair Miller opened fire at a grocery store in Bend, Oregon,
killing two people and injuring two others before turning the gun on himself. The 20-year-old,
armed with a shotgun and an AR-15 style rifle, fired into his own Ford F250 vehicle and then into
the parking lot of a Costco while walking towards the Forum shopping center. He reached the west
entrance of the Safeway grocery store, at around 7:04 pm, where he gunned down 84-year-old customer
Glenn Edward Bennett. Miller moved further into the store, firing his weapons through the aisles
as he went. When he reached the produce section, he was stabbed by 66-year-old employee Donald Ray
Surrett. He’d been hiding and charged the gunman with a produce knife, trying to disarm him,
but was ultimately overpowered and shot dead. Surrett’s heroic intervention, as later reported
by the authorities, likely prevented further loss of life. Officers responding to a 911 call entered
the store from the front and the back. They found Miller dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound
at 7:08 pm, minutes after his spree had begun. Three Molotov cocktails and a sawed-off shotgun
were subsequently recovered from his vehicle. In the months leading up to the mass shooting,
Miller had written a manifesto on Wattpad entitled “The Downward Spiral of Ethan Miller”,
a title inspired by the name of a Nine Inch Nails album. He’d written about causing a “national
tragedy” and pondered shooting up his former high school. However, as a former employee of Safeway,
he decided on the store, as he no longer wanted to wait for school to begin. Miller
cited loneliness and isolation as the reasons for his murderous intentions,
writing about the impact of Covid lockdowns, feuds with his family and the inability of finding a
girlfriend. Miller claimed that he wanted to die and leave a “violent mark” on the world,
stating “I am responsible for this but I was turned into a monster”.
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