A teenager has been arrested for the random stabbing of a young mother.
Luis Emmanuel Valencia Ponce, 18, was cuffed and charged with attempted murder and assault against a Queens mom of three early Monday morning.
The attack was reportedly random and was just blocks from Ponce’s home, according to the New York Post.
Lisette Ramales, 29, was stalked and knifed multiple times, surveillance shows.
The gruesome footage was released, and ultimately seen by Ponce’s family, who turned him in!
The victim was treated in the hospital and is expected to recover but is understandably traumatized.
🚨BREAKING: NYPD have released new video of the suspect in the unprovoked stabbing of a Queens woman.
Lisette Ramales, a mother of three, was waiting to cross the street when she was viciously attacked and stabbed multiple times by a suspect wearing a ski mask.
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“I was waiting for the light to turn to walk. [While] I was waiting, all of a sudden, the guy slashed me,” Ramales told the Post from the hospital.
“I yelled, and he looked like he turned around to go. And then just because I yelled, he did it again.”
She said her attacker remained silent the entire time.
“That’s the weird part. He didn’t say anything,” Ramales said. “He didn’t take anything, my belongings — nothing.”
Ponce’s neighbor also spoke out on the alleged stabber’s “creepy” behavior.
“He’s very quiet. You know, like an emo kid. He’s always wearing a hoodie. He just minds his own business, very quiet, very reserved.
“It’s really creepy.”
Ramales is the mother of 3-, 11-, and 14-year-old kids and suffered broken ribs from the attack.
“Honestly, I’m scared to go back home,” Ramales said. “If I do work, I’m probably just going to go a little later in the day when there’s sunlight.”
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