Fatal Stabbing of 3-Year-Old Outside Ohio Supermarket Took Just Seconds, Police Say

Crime scene tape is seen, on June 3, 2024, where a 3-year-old boy was fatally stabbed by a woman as he sat in a grocery cart in this Giant Eagle supermarket parking lot in North Olmsted, Ohio. Hannah Drown/Cleveland.com via AP

A woman who fatally stabbed a 3-year-old boy sitting in a grocery cart outside an Ohio supermarket attacked him and his mother in less than five seconds before walking away, police said.

Police said witnesses had no time to stop the stabbing that investigators believe was random.