'You Should Have Shot Me,' Accused U-Haul Rampage Driver Told NYPD

NEW YORK CITY ? The man accused of driving a U-Haul on a deadly rampage in Brooklyn suffered hallucinations before the terrifying spree Monday and wished for death after his arrest, cops said.

"You should have shot me,'" Weng Sor, 62, told his arresting officers, according to the NYPD.

?He states when he?s driving his van, he sees an invisible object come towards the car,? Chief of Detectives James Essig said Tuesday. ?He says, ?I?ve had enough,? and he goes on his rampage.?

Sor now faces a murder charge and seven counts of attempted murder.

Police made this announcement Tuesday during a news conference that painted a vivid portrait of Sor's deteriorating mental health.

Sor swerved a U-Haul into pedestrians, cyclists and scooter riders during the nearly hour-long rampage through Bay Ridge that left a 44-year-old single father dead and eight others injured, authorities said.

When police finally stopped the U-Haul after a desperate chase, Sor spoke the chilling words, said Essig.

The rampage capped a long string of troubling incidents by Sor going back two decades, as recounted by Essig.

Sor's eight past arrests go back to 2002 and include accusations of evading a police officer and stabbing his own brother, authorities said.

At some point in recent weeks, Sor left the home he shared with his mother in Las Vegas and traveled to West Palm Beach, Florida, where he rented a U-Haul truck on Feb. 1, Essig said.

Cops in South Carolina stopped Sor on Feb. 5 on suspicion of reckless driving and possession of marijuana, Essig said. Later that day, Sor showed up at his estranged wife and son's home in Brooklyn to shower.

Essig said Sor again returned to his family's home Feb. 8 and had an "altercation" with his son.

Cops stopped him that day on the Belt Parkway and gave him summonses for speeding and having a commercial vehicle on that road, Essig said.

After driving through New Jersey, Sor returned to Brooklyn, Essig said. He said Sor told police that the violent spree began with a hallucination.

?We believe Mr. Sor was suffering from a mental health crisis,? he said, noting Sor was off medication.

His son Stephen Sor told the Associated Press it wasn't the first time his father stopped taking his medication.

?Very frequently he?ll choose to skip out on his medications and do something like this," Stephen Sor said in an interview outside his Brooklyn home. "This isn?t the first time he?s been arrested. It?s not the first time he?s gone to jail.?

Police late Monday released a timeline that detailed the rampage's course through Bay Ridge. The truck first struck a man, 36, about 10:15 a.m. near Fourth Avenue and 55th Street, authorities said.

From there, the U-Haul careened across the neighborhood, veering onto sidewalks and ramming into people, all while police gave chase, NYPD officials said.

The nine people struck by the truck were all men between 30 and 66, and included one police officer, cops said.

The one fatal collision ? that of the 44-year-old e-bike rider ? unfolded about 30 minutes into the sustained attack, police said. The victim suffered head injuries and was later pronounced dead at a hospital, authorities said.

Mayor Eric Adams said the e-bike rider, whose identity has yet to be released by police, was a single father.

The chase finally came to a halt more than 3 miles from where the rampage started when a police cruiser cut it off and blocked it against a building near the Hugh L. Carey, commonly known as the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.