Woman charged after fatally stabbing 3-year-old outside grocery store – One America News Network

OAN's Brooke Mallory
10:22 a.m. – Friday June 7, 2024

A Cleveland woman was charged with numerous crimes Wednesday, including murder and attempted murder, in connection with the stabbing death of a 3-year-old boy outside a northeast Ohio grocery store.

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Cuyahoga County officials reported that Bionca Ellis, 32, is suspected of killing 3-year-old Julian Wood by stabbing him during an attack on the child and his 38-year-old mother Monday outside a Giant grocery store City Eagle. from North Olmsted.

According to a news release from the department, North Olmsted police officers responded to 9-1-1 calls regarding the stabbing, which took place in the grocery store parking lot.

“All information gathered at this time indicates that this was a random act of violence, and that the accused and the victims never met,” said the spokesperson for the police of North Olmsted, Matt Beck.

According to Beck, Julian suffered two knife wounds, while his mother was injured once in the shoulder. Authorities said that after paramedics transported Julian to a nearby hospital, he died after losing too much blood.

According to court documents viewed by USA TODAYEllis was indicted by a Cuyahoga County grand jury on charges of aggravated murder, child endangerment, tampering with evidence, aggravated robbery and two counts of felonious assault, in addition to two counts of murder and attempted murder.

Currently, she is being held in jail on $1 million bail.

Court documents filed Thursday in Cuyahoga County do not include Ellis' defense attorney.

Around 3 p.m. on the day of the attack, Ellis stole two knives from a thrift store next to the Giant Eagle grocery store, according to a news release from Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael O'Malley. According to the prosecutor, Ellis then noticed Julian and his mother leaving the grocery store after stealing the knives.

Ellis followed the mother and son before running and “stabbing the 3-year-old” who was inside the shopping cart, O'Malley said. The prosecutor further said that Ellis also attacked Julian's mother when she tried to get him out of the cart.

“This case is truly devastating,” O’Malley said in the statement. “I would like to express my deepest condolences to the Wood family during this difficult time. As a father, I could not imagine this heartbreak, but I can promise that we will do everything in our power to bring justice to Julian Wood and the Wood family.

According to court records, Ellis recently failed to pay his rent for three consecutive months, so attorneys for real estate company K&D filed a complaint with Cleveland Housing Court in March seeking permission to l 'evict from the property.

A GoFundMe profile has been created to help Julian's mother pay for funeral expenses.

“We are sick to our stomachs writing this,” the fundraising page states. “Many of you have been following this horrible story online and wondering what happened and how something like this could have happened in our own neighborhood. Honestly, we have no explanation for how or why this happened. happened. It was a random act. There was no prior altercation; they didn't know each other… It was a malicious and random act. she took something from us that we can never get back.

Police declined to say whether they considered the tragic attack a racial hate crime.

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