Woman allegedly stabs 3-year-old boy in random attack in supermarket parking lot

Police say a woman stabbed a three-year-old boy to death in a random attack outside a grocery store in Ohio.

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

Julian suffered stab wounds to his back and cheek, police said. Wood, 38, survived with non-life-threatening injuries, police said.

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

Ellis and the victims did not know each other, Det. Sgt. Matt Beck of the North Olmsted police said at a press conference on Tuesday, calling it a “random act of violence.”

Ellis obtained “some type of kitchen knife” from a nearby store and went to the Giant Eagle, where she “spotted Mrs. Wood and her son and then followed them to the parking lot,” Beck said.

Ellis then allegedly attacked the mother and son near their car while Julian was sitting in the shopping cart, Beck said.

“As a mother, I cannot even begin to imagine the loss this family is going through,” North Olmsted Mayor Nicole Dailey Jones said at Tuesday’s press conference. “The city and I share in your loss.”

Ellis has been charged with aggravated murder, Beck said. Additional charges will be filed, Beck said.