Mother of three girls stabbed alongside their friend while watching a movie inside a Boston theater reveals how knifeman was ‘laughing the whole time’
The mother of the three girls who were stabbed with their boyfriend while watching a movie at a Boston theater said the knifeman was “laughing the whole time.”
The suspect, Jared Ravizza, 26, stabbed four girls between the ages of 9 and 17 at an AMC multiplex in Braintree, Massachusetts, on Saturday around 6 p.m.
Ravizza, dressed in a blonde wig, entered the theater without paying and attacked the girls without any provocation, without saying a word.
Lisa Dembowski said her three daughters and their friend were the only ones in the theater when he attacked them.
“My oldest leaned over to grab something, he grabbed her in the back, and then my other daughter in the upper chest, and then, my last daughter over her arm, laughing the whole time and then grabbed their friend, then ran away disabled Dembowski said NBC Boston.
Lisa Dembowski, the mother of three of the girls stabbed Saturday evening at an AMC multiplex in Braintree, Massachusetts, said the knifeman was “laughing the whole time.”
The suspect, Jared Ravizza, 26, was arrested and taken into custody. He entered the theater without paying and attacked the girls for no reason, without saying a word
After receiving a call from her sister, she rushed to the cinema and immediately saw her children while their friend was already taken to the hospital. All suffered non-life-threatening injuries.
“The cinema was still open and people were buying tickets and it was just like, I don’t know. I thought it was strange that that still happened,” the mother remembers.
A witness at the scene, Matteo Rojas, told CBS: “It’s so heartbreaking that I’ll spend the rest of the night thinking about seeing those kids coming down the stairs and just crying. They looked absolutely bewildered, as if they had just seen a horror film and not a children’s film.’
After fleeing the movie theater, Ravizza went to a rest area on Route 3 in Plymouth, where he allegedly stabbed two McDonald’s employees around 7 p.m.
According to the Plymouth County District Attorney’s Office, Ravizza reached through the drive-thru window and stabbed a 28-year-old man.
When she arrived at the theater, she immediately saw her children while their friend was already taken to the hospital. All suffered non-life-threatening injuries
He reportedly parked his black Porsche in the parking lot and ran inside, where he stabbed a 21-year-old woman before fleeing that scene.
The man was taken to Beth Israel Deaconess-Plymouth Hospital and the woman was taken to South Shore Hospita. Both suffered non-life-threatening injuries.
After reviewing surveillance footage, police released a description of the suspect’s car. They found him in Sandwich, but after he failed to stop, Ravizza led police on a chase that ended in a car crash.
He was arrested and taken into custody around 7:15 p.m. Ravizza was also taken to South Shore Hospital and is being treated for non-life-threatening injuries.
Police said Ravizza may be connected to a death investigation in Deep River, Connecticut, NBC10 Boston reported.
The mother of three is relieved that Ravizza has been found and taken into custody.
“I think it’s a pretty sick individual to harm children,” Dembowski said. “I hope he gets what he deserves.”
Authorities found Ravizza in Sandwich, but after failing to stop, he led police on a chase that ended in a car crash
She said her daughters are recovering and her eldest has taken the brunt of the incident.
“The eldest is very protective of them and just generally worries more about them and how they are doing.”
She called her eldest and her friend heroes for protecting and calming her younger daughters and calling police for help.
A spokesperson told NBC10 Boston: “We are saddened by this senseless act of violence.”
“We are encouraged to hear that the victims are recovering, and we are contacting their families privately.”