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Jared Ravizza is the suspect accused in the mass stabbing attacks at a Braintree, Massachusetts, movie theater, and Plymouth McDonald’s.
That’s according to Boston 25, which cited a “law enforcement source” as naming Ravizza as the suspect who injured six people, including four underage girls. Police have not yet named the suspect in the May 25 attack, although a photo that emerged from the scene resembles Ravizza.
NBC Boston named the suspect as Jared Christian Ravizza, also citing law enforcement, as did NECN.
The same suspect is being investigated in connection with a Deep River, Connecticut, death investigation, Connecticut state police wrote in a news release.
The New York Post described Ravizza as “an entrepreneur and the CEO of an ‘internationally renowned’ digital marketing agency.” However, without explanation, the Post subsequently removed that information from its story. Heavy is working to verify social media accounts in Jared Ravizza’s name as well as the suspect’s employment.
Jared Ravizza, Who Was Wearing an Oversized Trench Coat, Is Accused of Entering the Theater Without Paying, Reports Say
Sources say suspect arrested on the Cape tonight after movie theatre stabbing in Braintree and another stabbing in Plymouth was wanted in connection with a murder in Connecticut earlier in the day #7News
An AMC employee told CBS News that the suspect was wearing “an oversized trench coat, sunglasses, and a long blonde wig.”
The movie theater stabbing attack occurred around 6 p.m. on May 25, according to a press release from the Braintree Police Department, when a man entered the AMC Braintree movie theater complex at 121 Grandview Avenue.
“He proceeded past the ticket counter and entered one of the theaters without paying,” the Police Department’s news release says. “Inside of that theater, he encountered four young females. Without saying anything and without any warning, he suddenly attacked and stabbed the four young females. The attack appeared to be unprovoked.”
The victims in the movie theater, ages 9 to 17, “all sustained non-life-threatening injuries. All were transported to Boston hospitals for treatment,” the release said, adding that the suspect “ran out of the theater and left in a vehicle.”
Braintree police “were able to quickly review video footage and retrace the suspect’s movements,” and determined he left in a likely black SUV, the police news release says.
Officers determined he was no longer in the area but video footage allowed them to “capture a license plate. A general broadcast was put out to law enforcement,” according to the release.
Braintree police said a “vehicle matching the description was reportedly involved in similar assault in Plymouth. That vehicle was pursued by Massachusetts State Police and ultimately crashed in Sandwich. The driver has been taken into custody. It appears as though the crimes are related,” the release says.
One witness described the scene at the theater to CBS News.
“It’s so heartbreaking that’s what I’ll be thinking about the rest of the night is seeing those kids coming down the steps and just crying. They looked really stunned like they just saw a horror movie, not a kid’s movie,” Matteo Rojas told the network.
The Suspect Jared Ravizza Is Accused of Attacking 2 People in a Plymouth McDonald’s
Stabbing rampage at in Braintree, Mass., ends in police chase, crash.
According to Massachusetts State Police, on May 25 at approximately 7:04 p.m., the State Police “began receiving 911 calls for a reported stabbing at the McDonalds inside the Rt 3 Park and Ride in Plymouth. Troopers located a 21 year-old female and a 29 21-year-oldyear-old male with apparent stab wounds. Both were transported to area hospitals with non-life threatening injuries.”
The release noted that a description of the suspect’s vehicle “was given which helped Troopers locate the vehicle operating on a public way in Sandwich. Troopers attempted to pull the vehicle over, but it failed to stop. The suspect crashed the vehicle and was taken into custody shortly thereafter by Sandwich and State Police. He is currently being treated at an area hospital.”
Preliminary investigation “suggests a likely connection to an earlier incident at a movie theatre in Braintree resulting in non-life threatening injuries to four juveniles. They are being treated at area hospitals,” the release says.
Connecticut State Police wrote in their press release that “preliminary information indicates that on 05/25/2024, at approximately 3:36 p.m., Connecticut State Police Troop F – Westbrook responded to a report of a disturbance at an address in the town of Deep River.”
A deceased individual “was found at this location. The identity of the decedent has not been confirmed and the investigation remains active and ongoing,” the release says.
A suspect in this investigation “has been taken into custody in the State of Massachusetts and there is no active threat to the public,” the Connecticut release says.