“Time TV”
—
Massachusetts police are additionally investigating whether or not the assailant on the McDonald’s in Plymouth additionally stabbed 4 ladies between ages 9 and 17 about an hour earlier at a movie show in Braintree.
Jared Ravizza, 26, is the suspect in “a number of South Shore stabbing incidents,” the Plymouth County District Legal professional’s Workplace stated, although no particulars got for the opposite incidents.
Braintree police have stated it “seems as if” the assaults on the movie show and the McDonald’s are associated.
Ravizza was arrested and faces expenses of assault with intent to homicide and two counts of assault and battery with a harmful weapon in reference to the assault at McDonald’s. The suspect is anticipated to look in court docket Tuesday, and it was not instantly clear Monday whether or not Ravizza had an legal professional.
Final month, Ravizza was arrested on Martha’s Winery, accused of assault and battery of a member of the family and vandalism, in keeping with information at Edgartown District Courtroom. Data present that case has not been adjudicated.
Ravizza’s father advised officers Jared “had simply had a psychological break and attacked him” inside his dwelling, The Boston Globe reported, citing a police report on file with the court docket.
The report additionally stated Ravizza allegedly wrecked the daddy’s dwelling workplace, in keeping with The Boston Globe. Ravizza was despatched to Martha’s Winery Hospital for a psychological well being analysis, however “didn’t meet their requirements to be held,” the Boston Globe reported, citing the report.
The primary assault occurred round 6 p.m. Saturday at an AMC movie show in Braintree.
“With out saying something and with none warning, (the assailant) immediately attacked and stabbed the 4 younger females,” police stated. “The assault gave the impression to be unprovoked. After the assault, the (suspect) ran out of the theater and left in a automobile.”
The ladies had been taken to Boston hospitals with non-life-threatening accidents, Braintree police stated.
The theater was placed on lockdown shortly after the incident, an AMC worker advised “Time TV”.
The suspect fled the theater in what gave the impression to be a black SUV, and video footage allowed authorities to seize its license plate, authorities stated.
A automobile matching the outline was “reportedly concerned in (a) related assault in Plymouth,” about 25 miles southeast of Braintree, police stated.
About an hour after the movie show stabbings, a 21-year-old lady and a 29-year-old man had been stabbed on the McDonald’s in Plymouth.
Ravizza allegedly arrived on the scene of the Plymouth McDonald’s in a black Porsche Macan SUV, prosecutors stated.
Surveillance footage from the McDonald’s seems to point out Ravizza attain by means of the drive-through window and stab the male sufferer with a big knife, prosecutors stated.
Video then exhibits the suspect park the automotive, enter the restaurant and stab the feminine sufferer earlier than fleeing within the automotive, the district legal professional’s workplace stated.
Each victims from the McDonald’s assault had been taken to hospitals with non-life-threatening accidents, officers stated.
Minutes after the McDonald’s stabbings, state troopers positioned the suspect’s automotive and tried to drag it over, authorities stated. However the driver didn’t cease, and a chase ensued.
The suspect’s automobile ultimately crashed in Sandwich, a few 25-minute drive south of Plymouth, police stated.
Ravizza was being handled for non-life-threatening accidents at a hospital Sunday, the prosecutor’s workplace stated.
Whereas Ravizza faces assault expenses in reference to the McDonald’s assault, “Preliminary investigation suggests a probable connection to an earlier incident at a movie show in Braintree leading to non-life threatening accidents to 4 juveniles,” state police stated.
It was not instantly clear whether or not Ravizza has an legal professional. “Time TV” has sought extra info from Massachusetts State Police, the Plymouth County District Legal professional’s Workplace and the Braintree Police Division.
Massachusetts State Police stated the investigation is ongoing.
Apart from the Massachusetts stabbings, Connecticut State Police stated a suspect linked to a dying within the city of Deep River had been taken into custody in Massachusetts. However police in neither state have confirmed whether or not the Connecticut case is linked to the stabbings in Massachusetts.
Connecticut State Police stated they responded Saturday afternoon to a “disturbance” at an deal with in Deep River. There, police discovered a “deceased particular person” whose identification has not been confirmed, Connecticut State Police stated.
“A suspect on this investigation has been taken into custody within the State of Massachusetts and there’s no energetic menace to the general public,” Connecticut police stated. Authorities didn’t identify that suspect.
“Time TV”’s Celina Tebor, Paradise Afshar, Samantha Beech, Artemis Moshtaghian, Caroll Alvarado and Kristina Sgueglia contributed to this report.
