The girl told police she saw a shadow creep up behind her in the dimly lit movie theater, then suddenly felt a “poke” in her back. Blood was streaming down her back.
The young victim of a random murder at a Massachusetts AMC told police he was “shocked and didn’t know what was happening,” according to documents obtained by Fox News Digital through a public records request.
“I turned my head to the left and saw everyone getting stabbed … (the suspect) laughed at us and made a Joker-like noise and ran off,” the unnamed victim told police about Jared Ravizza..
According to prosecutors, four girls between the ages of 9 and 17 were stabbed at the Braintree Theatre on May 25. The incident was the midpoint of Ravizza’s multistate crime spree that included a murder and a second random stabbing.
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Jared Ravizza arrives escorted by court officials for his arraignment at Plymouth District Court in Massachusetts on May 28, 2024. (Stephen Senne/The Associated Press)
The four girls, whose names were withheld, spoke individually to officers from their hospital rooms, each describing the excitement and innocence they felt before the stabbings.
Three sisters and a friend went to see the movie “IF” on May 25. They bought popcorn, nachos, KitKats, and Nerds Clusters before taking their seats in Theater 2. Because they arrived early, they were the only four people in the theater.
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“I was trying to raise my chair by putting my right arm on the hand rest and then I saw something flash in front of me. He ran really fast and cut my arm,” one of the victims told police, according to the report.
Another girl said she “saw out of the corner of her eye someone running towards her and then that same individual started stabbing them,” according to the report.
“The assailant said nothing and fled the theater after stabbing the victim,” a police officer wrote in his report after interviewing the victim.
According to prosecutors and police, four young girls were slashed in an unprovoked attack at an AMC movie theater in Braintree, Massachusetts. (Google Street View)
Each girl described the suspect’s characteristics – long blonde hair, a thin build and a hat covering his face – as well as a “manic” laugh and a creepy smile.
One girl said it “happened so quickly” that she didn’t get a good look at him “until he turned around and smiled at us.”
“He had a smile on his face. His face was very animated, he was smiling like the Joker,” one of the victims told police, according to the report.
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One of the victims reported seeing a shadow creeping up behind her and told police she repeatedly yelled, “What the hell? What the hell? Who the hell are you?”
Amid the yelling, one of the other girls can be heard crying and pleading with the group, “I want to go home. I want to get out of here,” officers wrote in their report.
Jared Ravizza stands during his arraignment in Plymouth District Court in Massachusetts on May 28, 2024. (Stephen Senne/The Associated Press)
The problem with Joaquin Phoenix’s Joker was that it made me laugh at inappropriate times. (Nico Tavernis/Warner Bros. Pictures via The Associated Press)
According to reports, the first police officers to arrive on the scene found the girls huddled together in a storage room while theater employees were busy tending to their wounds.
The injured person was wrapped in gauze and staff worked to stop the bleeding and contacted the parents.
“I observed (name withheld) embracing and comforting her twin sister,” the first officer on the scene wrote in his report. “AMC employees were actively attempting to provide assistance.”
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Emergency medical services arrived on scene and took over emergency medical treatment. Family members accompanied each of the girls in the ambulance.
“I felt dizzy and wanted to sit down. The doctor and police officers helped me and put me on a stretcher,” one of the victims said, according to the police report.
Jared Ravizza allegedly slashed four young girls at a movie theater in Braintree, Massachusetts. All of the victims suffered non-life-threatening injuries, police said. (Google Street View)
Neither injury ultimately proved life-threatening.
One girl had a cut on her arm that was about three inches long and more than an inch long, requiring 20 stitches on the outside and 12 stitches on the inside, according to the police report.
The report also documented other traumas.
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One victim was “emotional and tearful” as she tried to tell police what she had seen, while another was “hysterical” until officers and family members comforted her.
Police officers who were first on the scene described a crowded scene when they arrived.
He grabbed his first aid bag and ran into the theater to treat the victims, and on his way in he heard people yelling “They’re going over there,” he wrote in his report, before reporting the incident to nearby police.
Jared Ravizza stands during his arraignment in Plymouth District Court in Massachusetts on May 28, 2024. (Greg Durr/Patriot Ledger via Associated Press/Pool)
After the girls were left in the hands of paramedics, Braintree police began tracking down the film killer.
According to the police report, they obtained surveillance camera footage and interviewed employees, including the manager, who said there had been a minor altercation minutes before the attack.
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Jared Ravizza is accused of killing a man in Deep River, Connecticut, before traveling to Massachusetts and stabbing four girls to death at a movie theater and two more at a McDonald’s in Plymouth. He was eventually arrested in the town of Sandwich on Cape Cod after a crash during a police pursuit. (Google Maps)
According to reports, Ravizza told officers he had attempted to enter a vehicle without a ticket. When he was stopped, he claimed he had left the ticket inside the vehicle, then left without doing anything and the store manager did not see him return.
While reviewing surveillance camera footage, officers spotted a smoked black Porsche that police and prosecutors say belongs to Ravizza.
As the investigation at the Braintree cinema progressed, officers heard a description of a suspect who matched that of a man wanted for stabbing two people at a McDonald’s in Plymouth.
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A 21-year-old woman and a 28-year-old man suffered non-life-threatening injuries, according to prosecutors.
Braintree police said “the crimes appear to be related,” but did not say how or why they believe they are related.
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Witnesses to the McDonald’s attack called police, which helped police strategically pursue the man and “pulled the gun” on him once he reached the highway.
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During the pursuit, dispatch warned the officers pursuing the Porsche, “Be careful. This guy is now a murder suspect.” Connecticut“And there’s a knife in his car.”
Plymouth County District Attorney Tim Crews answered questions about the mental state and motive of Jared Ravizza, a suspect in multiple attacks in Plymouth. (Greg Durr/The Patriot Ledger via USA Today)
The 26-year-old man was finally arrested after crashing his car in the town of Sandwich on Cape Cod.
He was charged with armed murder, two counts of assault with a dangerous weapon and one count of indecent assault in connection with the Plymouth stabbing.
He pleaded not guilty to all charges at his arraignment in Plymouth County District Court on May 28 and was subsequently transported to Bridgewater State Hospital for a psychiatric evaluation over a 20-day period.
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He was also charged with murder and four counts of assault with a dangerous weapon in connection with the Braintree Theatre attack, according to a criminal complaint obtained by Fox News Digital.
However, his arraignment was put on hold pending the results of a psychiatric evaluation. He is due back in Plymouth County Court on June 17.
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The Massachusetts attack came about two and a half hours after Ravizza allegedly killed a 70-year-old Connecticut man and threw a shovel through the window of another Connecticut neighbor.
The incident that led to the crash remains under investigation, and Connecticut State Police said charges are pending.
