Suspect identified in stabbings at Massachusetts theater and McDonald's

BRAINTREE, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts man will be arraigned Tuesday on multiple charges, including assault with intent to murder, after six people, including four girls at a movie theater, were stabbed in attacks separate, officials said.

Jared Ravizza, 26, of Chilmark, a town on Martha's Vineyard, was arrested Saturday evening after a police chase.

Police said a man entered the AMC Braintree 10 in South Boston around 6 p.m. Saturday and entered one of the theaters without paying.

The girls, aged 9 to 17, were inside the theater when the man suddenly attacked them “without saying anything and without any warning” before running away, Braintree police said in a statement Press.

The four people were injured but not life-threatening and were taken to hospital.

Video footage showed the man's vehicle and a license plate, and that information was released to law enforcement, police said.

A vehicle matching this description was later seen in Plymouth, approximately 27 miles south of Braintree. Police said she left a McDonald's restaurant, where a 21-year-old woman and a 29-year-old man were found stabbed. Both were taken to hospital with injuries.

State police found the vehicle 20 miles (32.19 kilometers) south in Sandwich and unsuccessfully attempted to stop it. The vehicle then crashed.

Ravizza, the driver, was taken into custody a short time later and was being treated at a hospital for non-life-threatening injuries, police said.

It was not immediately known whether he is represented by an attorney. No phone listing could be found in his name.

The Associated Press