A man suspected of stabbing six people in Massachusetts and killing a man in Connecticut was ordered to undergo a mental evaluation following his first court appearance on Tuesday.
Jared Ravizza, 26, wore no shoes to his arraignment in Plymouth District Court, according to Boston ABC affiliate WCVB. He will be held without bail pending the evaluation.
Ravizza is suspected of killing an elderly man Saturday in Deep River, Conn., then stabbing four girls at a movie theater in Braintree, Mass. and later two McDonald’s employees at a rest area in Plymouth, Mass.
The six stabbing victims suffered non-life-threatening injuries and are expected to survive.
Tuesday’s court appearance concerned the McDonald’s stabbings, in which Ravizza is charged with one count of assault to murder and two counts of assault and battery, the Boston Globe reported. He’s also charged with one count of indecent exposure for allegedly urinating in the restaurant drive-thru.
Ravizza stabbed a 28-year-old man through the drive-thru window while arguing about his order, police said. He then parked his car, walked into the restaurant and stabbed a 21-year-old woman, cops said.
Afterward, Ravizza fled the scene and drove south. Police eventually located Ravizza’s vehicle and attempted to pull him over, but he sped away. Cops gave chase until Ravizza crashed in the town of Sandwich, on Cape Cod.
Ravizza’s violent spree began around 3:30 p.m. in Deep River, where he killed the elderly man, later identified as 70-year-old Bruce Feldman, according to police.
Connecticut State Police said they responded to a disturbance call after someone, later identified as Ravizza, threw a shovel through a front-door window. Arriving officers found Feldman dead inside the residence.
At around 6 p.m. in Braintree, just 10 miles south of Boston, Ravizza walked into a movie theater without paying and stabbed four girls settling in for a screening of “IF,” police said.
“This crime appears to be completely senseless and random, perpetrated against entirely defenseless, innocent children,” Braintree police said.
Ravizza is charged with eight counts of assault for the Braintree attack. Charges are pending in the Connecticut incident.
With News Wire Services
