Times Square car suspect 'told police he wanted to kill them all'

A man charged with slamming his speeding car into pedestrians in Times Square should have been shot by police to stop him, a prosecutor said.

Times Square car suspect 'told police he wanted to kill them all'

A man charged with slamming his speeding car into pedestrians in Times Square, killing a teenager and injuring nearly two dozen people, should have been shot by police to stop him, a prosecutor said.

Richard Rojas, 26, said he wanted to "kill them all" and told police he had smoked marijuana laced with PCP before making a U-turn onto the pavement of Crossroads of the World, ploughing into frightened tourists, according to a criminal complaint.

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