Three-year-old boy dies in stabbing of giant eagle in North Olmsted

A three-year-old boy is dead after a Cleveland woman attacked and stabbed the boy and his mother outside a northeast Ohio grocery store in what appears to be a random act of violence.

The attack occurred Monday in front of a Giant Eagle in the town of North Olmsted, a suburb of Cleveland, police reported.

On Tuesday, the Cuyahoga County Coroner’s Office identified the child as 3-year-old Julian Wood of North Olmsted.

Shortly after 3 p.m., officers responded to several 911 calls about a reported stabbing in the supermarket chain’s parking lot, North Olmsted police reported in a news release.

“All information gathered to date indicates that this was a random act of violence and that the defendant and the victims never met,” North Olmsted police spokesman Matt Beck told USA TODAY on Tuesday.

Arriving officers found the boy and his 38-year-old mother, police said. They began first aid while witnesses gave officers a description of the stabber and took the person into custody at the scene.

Police identified the stabber as Bionca Ellis, 32, of Cleveland.

Beck said Ellis was arrested on a charge of aggravated murder and that further charges in the case would be decided by a grand jury.