A woman allegedly stabbed and killed a 3-year-old boy outside an Ohio grocery store in a random attack, according to police.
CrimesChroniclers gathered that the boy, Julian, and his mother, Margot Wood, were both stabbed on Monday afternoon in the parking lot of a Giant Eagle in North Olmsted, about 15 miles outside of Cleveland.
According to North Olmsted police, Julian suffered stab wounds to the back and cheek while Wood, 38, survived with non-life-threatening injuries.
The suspect, 32-year-old Bionca Ellis, was taken into custody.
North Olmsted police Det. Sgt. Matt Beck said at a news conference on Tuesday that Ellis and the victims didn’t know each other. He called it a “random act of violence.”
Ellis obtained some type of kitchen knife at a nearby store and walked to the Giant Eagle, where she spotted Mrs. Wood and her son and then proceeded to follow them out to the parking lot, Beck said.
Ellis then allegedly attacked the mother and son near their car as Julian sat in the shopping cart, Beck said.
“As a mother, I cannot even begin to fathom this sense of loss that this family is going through.
“The city and I all share in your loss,” North Olmsted Mayor Nicole Dailey Jones said at Tuesday’s news conference.
Ellis was charged with aggravated murder, Beck said. Additional charges will be filed.
