Three people were killed and nine others injured when a man stabbed and struck victims at random with a vehicle in the San Jose area, authorities said.

Kevin Parkourana, 31, of San Jose was in custody in connection with the attacks, police in San Jose and the adjacent city of Milpitas announced Friday.

«We ended the crime wave,» Milpitas Police Chief Jared Hernandez said at a news conference Friday. «We were able to effectively prevent more people from being injured.»

Parkourana was booked on suspicion of murder, attempted murder and carjacking in connection with Thursday’s violence in both cities, San Jose Police Chief Anthony Mata said at the news conference.

San Jose Police Chief Anthony Mata talks about the violent crime spree that left three dead and several injured. KNTV

No charges have been formally filed and the area’s public defender had no comment.

The revelry began shortly after 3 p.m. Thursday in San Jose, when the suspect stabbed a victim and stole a Honda Odyssey minivan blocks from her own home, local Deputy Chief Steve Lagorio said.

That victim was stabilized at a hospital, he said.

About 20 minutes later, the suspect abandoned the minivan and took another vehicle, a Honda Pilot SUV, stabbing a motorist in a parking lot in San Jose, Lagorio said. The suspect, behind the wheel, struck a pedestrian, he said.

Both victims were hospitalized and stabilized by medical personnel, Lagorio said.

Around 4 p.m., the suspect allegedly used the Pilot to strike a vehicle in downtown San Jose, he said. The man then stabbed the motorist inside, Lagorio said.

The victim sustained injuries that are not believed to be life-threatening, he said.

Minutes later, the suspect, still behind the wheel of the truck, «intentionally struck» three people near a San Jose intersection, Lagorio said. Two of the three died at the scene, he said.

A short time later, the suspect struck a person on a motorized scooter in San Jose, he said.

The bicyclist and the third pedestrian struck had non-life-threatening injuries, police said.

At around 4:32 p.m., a stabbing occurred in the parking lot of an adjacent Smart & Final store in Milpitas, and the van was found abandoned nearby, police said.

The victim was pronounced dead at a hospital, Hernandez, the Milpitas chief, said at the news conference.

City officials turned their attention to the Milpitas High School graduation ceremony taking place nearby and flooded the area with law enforcement officers as a precaution, Hernandez said.

Tracking dogs alerted to the possibility that the suspect was in the area, and at 6:15 p.m., Parkourana got out of a car parked less than a quarter-mile from the Smart & Final and surrendered without incident, Hernandez said.

The Santa Clara County Medical Examiner has not released the names of the victims who died.

The reason is under investigation.

Mata, the San José boss, said Parkourana is on probation.

Santa Clara County court records show a history of felony and misdemeanor convictions and dismissals dating back to 2018 for the suspect. One of the felony conviction cases is described in a court file as involving family violence.

In multiple cases, the suspect was ordered to appear before the Mental Health Treatment Court, the record shows. An active case involves a petition to revoke your post-release community supervision, a program that moves inmates from state custody to local supervision.

A spokesman for the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said the institution will not comment while the San Jose and Milpitas cases are still under investigation.

San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan said at Friday’s press conference that the enforcement and justice system must be strengthened.

“When we deal with people who are repeat offenders with multiple convictions, our city, county and state need to do a better job of holding people accountable for getting them the care they need or getting them off our streets,” he said.