Michael Ward, 46, (pictured) was fatally shot by a cop after killing a pedestrian in a hit-and-run during a bloody New York crime spree

A Washington DC man who fatally mowed down a pedestrian, attacked two men with a bat, and carjacked three vehicles was killed by a cop on Monday.

It was a violent end to Michael Ward's bloody crime spree, which police said began when he punched a New Jersey gas attendant while wearing brass knuckles.

Ward, 46, arrived at the Bordentown gas station on Route 206 in a gray Mitsubishi Outlander on Saturday around 6pm.

He then attacked the gas station attendant in the neck with a pair of brass knuckles and stole a 2007 gray Acura RDX while it was being fueled, according to NJ.com.

Ward headed for New York and, two hours later, punched a 77-year-old man in the South Bronx.

Ward was shot in the chest by a rookie cop after he attacked the driver of this plumbing van with a baseball bat

Ward was driving this stolen Volkswagen, one of the many cars he took during his weekend crime spree that encompassed two states and multiple boroughs

He knocked the man to the ground and stole $20 from him, according to the New York Post.

At one point during the weekend Ward stole a white Acura and, on Monday morning, fatally mowed down a 50-year-old man in Brooklyn around 3.45am.

The man, a Brooklyn resident, suffered severe body and head trauma and died from his injuries at a local hospital. His name has not been released.

Ward then headed back to Manhattan and carjacked a female victim who was delivering newspapers. He stole her Honda Odyssey and another $20 around 4.30am.

Then, at 4.41am, Ward punched his next carjack victim in the face and stole their black Acura.

He then sideswiped a pedestrian - whose condition remains unknown - and made his way to Long Island.

Pictured is the baseball bat that Ward used to shatter two men's windshields. He then attacked one of the drivers and a Good Samaritan who tried to confront him

A rookie cop, who had just graduated from the Police Academy last month, came upon the chaotic scene (pictured)

Ward, now driving a Volkswagen, then caused trouble again around 10.30am when he refused to move forward at a stop sign right next to an Equinox gym.

WARD'S BLOODY WEEKEND Saturday, 6pm: Ward punches a Bordentown, NJ gas station attendant in the neck with brass knuckles Saturday, 8pm: He punches a 77-year-old man in South Bronx, NY and steals $20 Monday, 3.45am: Ward fatally mows down a 50-year-old man in Brooklyn around 3.45am Monday, 4.30am: He carjacks a female victim and steals $20 Monday, 4.41am: Ward punches his next carjack victim in the face, steals their black Acura Monday, 10.30am: Ward smashes the windshield of two men stopped behind him in New Jersey and attacks one of them in the head with a baseball bat Advertisement

Two men who were stopped behind him honked their horns and, in response, Ward smashed the windshields of both their vehicles with a baseball bat.

Ward then hit one of the men in the head with the bat when his victim got out of their car to confront him, according to CBS New York.

A rookie cop, who had just graduated from the Police Academy last month, came upon the scene while on his routine patrol and instructed Ward to put the bat down, according to Nassau County Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder.

'That officer showed great restraint and finally pulled out his Tazer,' Ryder said.

'He tazed the individual. It phased [Ward] a little bit, but it did not stop him. He then proceeded toward the officer again.'

A Good Samaritan tried to intervene to help the officer, but Ward struck him in the head with his bat, Ryder added.

'[Ward] turned on our officer. His last instruction was to put the bat down, and the officer had no other option but to fire.'

Ward's crime scene began when he arrived at a gas station (pictured) in Bordentown, New Jersey and attacked a gas station attendant in the neck with a pair of brass knuckles

Ward was shot in the chest and died from his injuries at a local hospital.

His two assault victims who had been beaten in the head with the bat were also taken to the hospital.

Those who had been working out at Equinox during the commotion were evacuated.

Ward had been charged with 13 prior assault and robberies in Virginia before his final crime spree.