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Great-grandmother, 75, stabbed inside NYC elevator was left with punctured lung in unprovoked attack: cops
Edwin Rios, 38 – who now faces an attempted murder charge – allegedly unleashed an unprovoked attack on the senior inside the elevator of her building on Morris Avenue near East Burnside Avenue in …
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Great-grandmother, 75, stabbed inside NYC elevator was left with punctured lung in unprovoked attack: cops
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Published April 2, 2024, 6:44 p.m. ET
The parolee accused of repeatedly stabbing a 75-year-old great-grandmother inside a Bronx elevator struck without warning and left his victim with a punctured lung, cops and prosecutors revealed – as the assailant was ordered held without bail in connection to the vicious attack.
Edwin Rios, 38 – who now faces an attempted murder charge – allegedly followed Zenona Ramos into her building on Morris Avenue near East Burnside Avenue and unleashed a brutal unprovoked attack around 11:30 a.m. Easter Sunday, cops said.
He “repeatedly struck” Ramos all over her face, head and body with a sharp object, leaving her with multiple bleeding cuts as well as a punctured lung, according to a criminal complaint.
“As I got in, without saying a word, he started punching and stabbing me,” Ramos told WABC. “I was trapped in the elevator, I have diabetes, was operated on, he opened up all my wounds, he cut me.”
Ramos told the network she pleaded with the callous stabber to let her live, because she has a family.
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“After he finished beating her up, he stated, ‘Take care’ and left,” the victim’s daughter, Mirian Ramos Garcia, told WABC. “The devil, that’s the only way I can describe him…a devil.”
The elder Ramos was covered in blood when she banged on neighbors’ doors for help, before one finally called 911, the network reported.
The elderly woman was rushed to St. Barnabas Hospital, where she was listed in stable condition — but needed 40 stitches in one hand, according to the network.
Rios, meanwhile, also faces multiple assault charges, as well as criminal possession of a weapon and harassment, authorities said.