TheLos Angeles Police Departmentsaid in a release that on Oct. 10 at 11:30 a.m. a woman, 22, was walking down Lankershim Boulevard in North Hollywood when an unhoused man — who authorities identified as Jonathan Cole — walked in her direction.
“As the two passed each other, Cole, without provocation, stabbed the victim in the head with a pair of scissors. The victim, with the scissors embedded into her head, fled to a local restaurant, where she asked for help and then collapsed on the floor,” the LAPD said in its release on Oct. 14.
“The scissors were embedded in her skull,” it added.
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Once at the hospital, Kyli had a craniotomy “to remove the scissors and multiple bone fragments” and will be released in two weeks.
The GoFundMe, which notes that Kyli doesn’t have health insurance after suffering layoffs, has raised more than $20,000.
Her mother, Amy Watts toldKTLA, “There is no ill regard toward this human, no anger, no bad feelings. We’ve been a foster family for 15 years taking care of some severely mentally ill individuals. She understands that this is a very sick person.”
Amy, a psychiatric nurse, described the attack as a “social and systemic failure,” adding, “This is a problem that we as a society have to look at and figure out what’s next,” Amy said. “Because this is just going to continue to get worse.”
Ultimately, she’s happy Kyli will survive.
According to police, after Kyli’s attack, Cole then allegedly went to a bus stop and approached a man and woman, asking them for a light. After the woman said no, Cole allegedly “threw a full jar of pickles, striking the female in the shoulder. The male chased Cole to the front of a local supermarket where store security guards were able to detain him until LAPD officers arrived,” police said.
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He was arrested and booked for Attempted Murder and is being held on a bail of $3,055,000, the LAPD said. The Los Angeles District Attorney’s office filed one count of Attempted Murder and two counts of Assault with a Deadly Weapon.
According to hisbooking sheet, he is scheduled to appear in court on Oct. 25. It is not clear if he has engaged legal representation to comment on his behalf.
source: people.com
