Woman allegedly stabbed 3-year-old boy to death in random attack in grocery store parking lot

A woman allegedly stabbed a 3-year-old boy to death outside an Ohio grocery store in a random attack, police say.

The little boy and his mother were both stabbed Monday around 3 p.m. in the parking lot of a Giant Eagle in North Olmsted, about 15 miles from Cleveland, according to North Olmsted police.

The boy was stabbed in the back and cheek, police said. His mother, Margot Wood, survived with non-life-threatening injuries, police said.

The suspect, Bionca Ellis, 32, was taken into custody, police said.

Ellis and the victims did not know each other, police said.

“Our hearts go out to both victims of what appears to be a random act of violence,” North Olmsted Mayor Nicole Dailey Jones said in a statement.

Ellis faces charges including aggravated murder, police said.