A woman allegedly stabbed a 3-year-old boy to death in a random attack outside an Ohio grocery store.
The boy, Julian, and his mother, Margot Wood, were both attacked around 3 p.m. on Monday, June 3, in the parking lot of a Giant Eagle in North Olmsted, roughly 15 miles from Cleveland, according to North Olmsted police.
Julian suffered stab wounds to the back and cheek, police reported. Margot Wood, 38, survived with non-life-threatening injuries.
The suspect, 32-year-old Bionca Ellis, was taken into custody, police said.
Ellis and the victims were strangers, North Olmsted police Detective Sgt. Matt Beck stated at a Tuesday news conference, describing it as a “random act of violence.”
Ellis had acquired “some type of kitchen knife” from a nearby store and walked to the Giant Eagle, where she “spotted Mrs. Wood and her son and then followed them out to the parking lot,” Beck explained.
Ellis then allegedly attacked the mother and son near their car as Julian sat in the shopping cart.
“As a mother, I cannot even begin to fathom the sense of loss that this family is experiencing,” North Olmsted Mayor Nicole Dailey Jones expressed at the news conference.
“The city and I all share in your loss.”
Ellis has been charged with aggravated murder, with additional charges pending.
