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A suspect accused of stabbing a man through a McDonald’s window and then stabbing a woman inside the restaurant was arrested last month on suspicion of assaulting a family member, court records show.
Massachusetts police are also investigating whether the Plymouth McDonald’s shooter also stabbed four girls ages 9 to 17 about an hour earlier at a Braintree movie theater.
Jared Ravizza, 26, is suspected in “multiple stabbing incidents on the South Shore,” the Plymouth County District Attorney’s Office said, although no details were given about the other incidents.
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Jared Ravizza was arrested after a police chase and crash. Ravizza is accused of stabbing two people at a McDonald’s, and authorities said the incident may be related to a quadruple stabbing at a movie theater.
Braintree police have said it “appears as if” the attacks on the movie theater and McDonald’s were linked.
Ravizza was arrested and faces charges of assault with intent to murder and two counts of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon in connection with the McDonald’s attack. The suspect is expected to appear in court on Tuesday, and it was not immediately clear Monday whether Ravizza had an attorney.
Last month, Ravizza was arrested in Martha’s Vineyard, charged with assault on a family member and vandalism, according to Edgartown District Court records. Records show the case has not been tried.
Ravizza’s father told officers that Jared “just had a mental breakdown and attacked him” inside their home, The Boston Globe reported, citing a police report filed in court.
The report also says Ravizza allegedly vandalized the father’s office, according to The Boston Globe. Ravizza was sent to Martha’s Vineyard Hospital for a mental health evaluation, but “did not meet the standards to be held,” the Boston Globe reported, citing the report.
The first attack occurred around 6pm on Saturday at an AMC cinema in Braintree.
“Without saying anything and without warning, (the attacker) suddenly attacked and stabbed the four young women,” police said. “The attack appeared to be unprovoked. “After the attack, the (suspect) ran out of the theater and left in a vehicle.”
The girls were taken to Boston hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries, Braintree police said.
The theater was closed shortly after the incident, an AMC employee told Keynote USA.
The suspect fled the theater in what appeared to be a black van, and video footage allowed authorities to capture his license plate, authorities said.
A vehicle matching the description was “allegedly involved in (a) similar assault in Plymouth,” about 25 miles southeast of Braintree, police said.
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About an hour after the movie theater stabbings, a 21-year-old woman and a 29-year-old man were stabbed at the McDonald’s in Plymouth.
Ravizza allegedly arrived at the scene of the Plymouth McDonald’s in a black Porsche Macan SUV, prosecutors said.
Surveillance footage from the McDonald’s appears to show Ravizza reaching through the car window and stabbing the male victim with a large knife, prosecutors said.
The video then shows the suspect parking the car, entering the restaurant and stabbing the victim before fleeing in the car, the district attorney’s office said.
Both victims of the McDonald’s attack were taken to hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries, authorities said.
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Jared Ravizza is accused of stabbing two people Saturday night at this McDonald’s in Plymouth, Massachusetts.
Minutes after the McDonald’s stabbings, state police located the suspect’s car and attempted to take him into custody, authorities said. But the driver did not stop and a chase broke out.
The suspect’s vehicle eventually crashed in Sandwich, about a 25-minute drive south of Plymouth, police said.
Ravizza was being treated for non-life-threatening injuries at a hospital on Sunday, prosecutors said.
While Ravizza faces assault charges in connection with the McDonald’s attack, “preliminary investigation suggests a possible connection to an earlier incident at a movie theater in Braintree that resulted in non-life-threatening injuries to four minors,” the police said. State Police.
It was not immediately clear if Ravizza has an attorney. Keynote USA has requested more information from the Massachusetts State Police, the Plymouth County District Attorney’s Office and the Braintree Police Department.
Massachusetts State Police said the investigation is ongoing.
Aside from the Massachusetts stabbings, Connecticut State Police said a suspect linked to a death in the town of Deep River had been arrested in Massachusetts. But police in neither state have confirmed whether the Connecticut case is related to the stabbings in Massachusetts.
Connecticut State Police said they responded Saturday afternoon to a “disturbance” at an address in Deep River. There, police found a “deceased individual” whose identity has not been confirmed, Connecticut State Police said.
“A suspect in this investigation has been detained in the state of Massachusetts and there is no active threat to the public,” Connecticut police said. Authorities did not name the suspect.
Keynote USA’s Celina Tebor, Paradise Afshar, Samantha Beech, Artemis Moshtaghian, Caroll Alvarado and Kristina Sgueglia contributed to this report.
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