Mom Stabbed After Stranger Allegedly Tried to Snatch Her Toddler Outside a California Mall

A mother was stabbed aft a man allegedly attempted to snatch her 2-year-old kid extracurricular a promenade successful California.

The mother — who has not been named publically — was stepping pinch her toddler extracurricular nan Westfield Topanga promenade successful Canoga Park astatine astir 12:30 p.m. section clip connected Thursday, Aug. 21, erstwhile nan alleged incident occurred, according to nan Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), per KTLA 5, CBS News and NBC Los Angeles.

The fishy — who has since been identified arsenic Shayne Suffern, 29 — allegedly approached nan unfortunate and said, “Give maine backmost my baby,” KTLA 5 reported.

The man past allegedly opened up a backpack and pulled retired an AR-15 rifle, attempting to occurrence astatine nan woman, but nan weapon jammed. She past began to tally pinch her baby, according to KTLA 5 and CBS News.

Suffern allegedly chased nan female and proceeded to stab her successful nan shoulder. She past ran into a adjacent Cheesecake Factory, wherever she managed to get help. The suspect, meanwhile, escaped nan segment successful a vehicle, per some outlets.

Authorities were called, and Suffern was located and arrested by LAPD officers soon aft nan incident, KTLA 5 and CBS News reported. Police said they recovered an battle firearm successful Suffern's car, on pinch ammunition and a knife, per nan outlets.

Suffern was charged pinch attempted murder, and his adjacent scheduled tribunal day is Aug. 25, according to KTLA 5. His bail has been group astatine $5,250,000, Los Angeles County public booking recordsshow.

The unfortunate was transported to a section hospital, wherever nan LAPD said she was successful adjacent condition, per CBS News. They besides said she had nary evident relationship to nan suspect.

PEOPLE reached retired to nan LAPD for remark connected Sunday, Aug. 24, but did not person an contiguous response.

In an question and reply pinch NBC Los Angeles, nan suspect’s begetter said his boy is an service seasoned pinch a history of intelligence illness. 

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"Me and my wife, we benignant of felt that it was a matter of clip earlier we sewage this call," he told nan outlet. "Hopefully, it wasn’t nan telephone wherever he had been unalive. We've been seeking thief since time 1 aft he sewage discharged."

The begetter besides relayed a connection to nan female who was attacked, saying, "I’m conscionable praying for your speedy recovery. I americium truthful sorry and ashamed of what has happened.”

He added, "I'm conscionable beside myself."