A man has appeared in court after allegedly going on a rampage through Massachusetts and stabbing six people, including four young girls.
Jared Ravizza, 26, is accused of stabbing four girls between the ages of 9 and 17 at an AMC multiplex in Braintree, Massachusetts, on Saturday.
A 21-year-old woman and a 29-year-old man were stabbed about an hour later at a McDonald’s where they worked in Plymouth, about 30 miles (48 kilometers) from the movie theater.
On Tuesday, Ravizza was seen leaving the state police Bourne barracks before appearing at Plymouth District Court and Quincy District Court later today.
He is facing multiple charges including assault with intent to commit murder following the attack on Saturday evening.
Ravizza made his first appearance in Plymouth District Court this morning after allegedly stabbing the two workers.
He was charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, and assault with intent to commit murder. WCVB.
Ravizza was spotted leaving the state police Bourne barracks before appearing at Plymouth District Court and Quincy District Court later today.
Ravizza, from Chilmark, a town on Martha’s Vineyard, was arrested Saturday evening in Sandwich, Massachusetts following his alleged attack
During his arraignment, prosecutors said he drove his Porsche to McDonald’s and urinated publicly before stabbing the two employees.
According to CBS Bostonhas requested a competency assessment from his defense.
Ravizza, from Chilmark, a town on Martha’s Vineyard, was arrested Saturday evening in Sandwich, Massachusetts following his alleged attack across the South Shore.
As he was led to a waiting police cruiser, Ravizza was seen wearing green overalls and barefoot.
The suspect entered the AMC Braintree 10 south of Boston around 6 p.m. Saturday without a movie ticket and attacked the girls for no reason.
The girls, aged 9 to 17, were in the theater when the person suddenly attacked them ‘without saying anything and without any warning’ before running outside.
Lisa Dembowski said her three daughters and their friend were the only people 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 told NBC Boston.
The four suffered non-life-threatening injuries and were taken to hospitals.
After fleeing the theater, Ravizza went to a rest area on Route 3 in Plymouth, where he allegedly stabbed two McDonald’s employees around 7 p.m.
Surveillance footage shows Ravizza allegedly reached through the drive-through window and stabbed the 29-year-old man with a large knife, the district attorney’s office said.
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 Hospital. Both suffered non-life-threatening injuries.
After reviewing surveillance footage, police released a description of the suspect’s car.
Ravizza (pictured during his arrest) was taken into custody in Sandwich, Massachusetts on Saturday evening after a police chase
Authorities located Ravizza in Sandwich, Massachusetts, but after failing to stop, he led police on a chase that ended in a car crash
They found him in Sandwich, but after he failed to stop, Ravizza led police on a chase that ended in a car crash.
It has also since emerged that Ravizza may have carried out an attack in rural Connecticut before carrying out his attacks in Massachusetts on Saturday.
Connecticut State Police were called to a home in Deep River, a small town in Middlesex County, just after 3:30 p.m. after reports of a disturbance.
When they arrived on the scene, officers found the body of a dead man.
Neighbors told Boston 25 that the victim, who has not yet been named, and the suspect were both short-term renters of the Deep River property.
They claim the pair had been living together for 2.5 weeks, ‘had a few dogs’ and had had an argument a few days earlier.
Ravizza was previously arrested in April and charged with assault, battery and vandalism after allegedly attacking his father Jason.
Jason, a psychologist, told officers that Ravizza had “just had a mental breakdown and attacked him” in his home.
Ravizza was previously arrested in April and charged with assault and battery, as well as vandalism, after allegedly attacking his father Jason. The two are pictured here
Ravizza boasts a “leading global digital marketing and social media management agency” with offices in Manhattan, Beverly Hills, Paris and Naples
Ravizza has amassed 218,000 followers on his Instagram page which uses the pronoun ‘they’
The 26-year-old’s neighbors claim Ravizza is a “crazy” and had a “very good relationship” with his father.
The former UMass student claimed to run a “leading global digital marketing and social media management agency” with offices around the world.
But friends from his former college lacrosse team told Dailymail.com they simply remembered him as “weird.”
“He only went to school with us for one semester and then disappeared off the face of the earth,” said Jay Gallipo.
“He was a social media influencer, it was a joke with us at the time.
‘The only person he was close to was his sister Kate. He was very nice, but a bit strange.’
He describes himself as an ‘artist, professional model, skier and social entrepreneur’
Instagram photos from six years ago show a relaxed young man in his comfortable surroundings
Ravizza describes himself as an “artist” on his Instagram page, which has amassed 218,000 followers and where he uses the pronoun “she.”
Posts from six years ago show a conventional-looking young man who occasionally received comments from friends.
Four years later he returned to the venue with a muscular new look, posing on the beach and with his artwork, driving a series of Porsche cars and showing off drug paraphernalia.
He wears lipstick and makeup in later posts, the most recent of which was uploaded just hours before the knife attack.