A homeless guy slashed a 24-year-old woman in the head with a pair of gardening shears in Los Angeles last week, leaving her serious brain damage.
Kyli Watts was going along the street on October 10 when unprovoked attacker Jonathan Cole, 30, approached her and stabbed her in the skull with shears.
Watts was able to leave the scene and call her mother, a psychiatric nurse in North Carolina, from a nearby café. According to her friends, the four-inch blades were lodged in her head and had to be surgically removed.
According to KTLA, she survived the brutal attack but is now healing at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.
Due to the stabbing, Watts may experience permanent impairments with her vision and balance. She lost her job as a tech recruiter weeks before the attack and is currently uninsured.
Kyli is expected to be hospitalized for at least one more week, prompting the creation of a GoFundMe.
The police arrested Cole, who they claim has no permanent residence. Possible charges against him include attempted murder and assault with a deadly weapon.
On October 10, 24-year-old Kyli Watts was stabbed in the back of the head with a pair of gardening shears while strolling down a North Hollywood sidewalk.
Watts (white blouse, black jeans) is captured on surveillance tape strolling down the sidewalk as a man approaches her.
The man, thirty-year-old Jonathan Cole, walks fast toward and away from Watts, who is then observed gripping the back of her head.
She successfully reached a local café, where she then called for assistance.
Amy Watts, the mother of the victim who sustained a traumatic brain injury, stated that she is saddened by the attack but harbors no resentment toward Cole.
The mental nurse stated, “There is no animosity, no wrath, and no nasty feelings toward this individual.” We have been foster parents for 15 years, caring for severely mentally ill people. She recognizes that this individual is gravely ill.’
Amy stated that the attack on her daughter and others in cities around the United States are the result of a “social and structural failing” regarding the mentally ill.
After stabbing Watts, Cole allegedly confronted a guy and a woman at a bus stop. Cole hurled an entire jar of pickles at the woman after she informed him he could not have her lighter, injuring her in the shoulder.
The man pursued Cole to a local grocery store, where he was apprehended by authorities.
The police stated that both incidents were “random and entirely unprovoked.”
Amy, the mother of Kyli, feels “no ill will” toward Cole, who caused a severe brain injury in her daughter.
Kyli is scheduled to remain in the hospital for another week, and her recuperation will be marred by long-term balance and eyesight problems.
Amy stated, “This is a problem that we as a society must examine and choose the next steps for, since it will only continue to worsen.”
In the past year, Los Angeles has witnessed a 7% spike in killings, while New York City has had a 19.6% increase in felony assaults.
Locals assert that District Attorney George Gascon’s soft-on-crime tactics are exacerbating the city’s crime problem.
As a result, he may face a recall.