In the latest random violence spree, a woman in Philadelphia is accused of stabbing three people, including a 1-year-old boy who was sitting in his stroller.
Philadelphia police said 29-year-old Takeira Hester took to the streets of the city this past weekend armed with a kitchen knife. First, she stabbed a 24-year-old woman in the chest Saturday morning. After fleeing that scene, she approached two twin boys sitting in their double stroller in Center City. Police said Hester stabbed one of the boys, once in each arm before being chased down by the toddler’s father.
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Police said Hester left a black backpack on the ground which led police to identify her as their suspect. She was taken into custody Saturday afternoon.
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The case alleges “three assaults,” he said, declining to elaborate.
“It looked like this female just rushed up to them, nothing was said, completely random, tried to stab both children but got one child in each arm,” Police Capt. Frank Banford said at a news conference.
Contents of the bag led police to the woman they initially identified as a person of interest, Banford said. It also contained a coat police believe the attacker wore in the first stabbing Saturday, he said.
Luckily, the baby was stabilized at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, according to police. Investigators are still trying to discover the potential motive for the stabbings, but police said they appeared to be at random. However, Hester’s record suggests she had a violent behavior pattern prior to this.
The report says Hester had an active warrant for an aggravated assault charge from New York at the time of her arrest. She’s now facing charges in Pennsylvania for attempted murder and aggravated assault.
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