Masked teen stabbed complete
stranger in Connecticut: cops
by
Lee Brown
Original Article
Posted By: Ribicon,
1/8/2020 12:57:33 PM
A masked Connecticut teen repeatedly stabbed a stranger in her own car in posh Westport—apparently picking her at random, according to police. Ellis Tibere, 18, was busted soon after fleeing Monday’s attack on a 33-year-old woman from Greenwich that left her hospitalized with “serious injuries” from multiple stab wounds, Westport police said. The unidentified victim had been sitting in her car outside a Westport beauty spa waiting for an appointment when her car door was yanked open by a masked man brandishing a knife, cops said. “The victim attempted to kick the suspect in self-defense at which time he inflicted multiple
Reply 1 - Posted by:
DVC 1/8/2020 1:15:55 PM (No. 282379)
Be armed, be safe. If she had pulled out a gun, he likely would have run. Or if not, he would not have stabbed her as many times.
Too many violent crazies running loose to be unable to defend yourself. As I get older, I realize that my days of fighting with my fists or running away are pretty much behind me. My Colt will have to speak for me.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Lucky5 1/8/2020 1:26:46 PM (No. 282387)
Living near SF and Oakland and in a small town with homeless people abounding, I lock my doors when I am sitting in my car. I sit in my car and lock my door when I get gas. My town is fairly safe too.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Ida Lou Pino 1/8/2020 1:27:22 PM (No. 282388)
Hey - - wait a minute - - that's not a "teen"!
I've seen dozens of crime stories - - naming "teens" as the perps - - and none of those "teens" looked like this kid.
Sloppy, sloppy editing.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
offrope 1/8/2020 2:05:35 PM (No. 282411)
#1 - I agree. I'm 66 years old, too old to fight or run. My Ruger LCP 2 speaks for me. Might not kill the perp, but it sure will get his attention, and ruin his whole year.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Clinger 1/8/2020 2:08:58 PM (No. 282417)
No mention of a father, you don't suppose fathers could make a difference....na couldn't be.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
watashiyo 1/8/2020 2:37:30 PM (No. 282443)
Regardless of age, an overwhelming force against the attacker is always preferred for survival. Easier said than done. While on the road, defensive driving minimizes accidents. Maybe defensive living could do the same.
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He's 18. Not 'a kid' as described by his attorney. And he has 'dead eyes'.
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At 18 he is now an adult, a young man. "Teenager" is a 20th century invented word. One used to be either a child or an adult, and this young man is definitely not a child.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Mofongo 1/8/2020 3:20:02 PM (No. 282484)
He probably assumed he was in New York State.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
qr4j 1/8/2020 3:25:47 PM (No. 282491)
Friends and neighbors suggest this behavior was highly unlike the person they knew Ellis to be. If a person were to "snap" all at once and lose their crap, I would see how the behavior could occur. I don't like it or endorse it or excuse it. But people do snap.
What I do NOT get is the waiting around for quite a while (~3 hours) until he stabbed someone -- not someone who had harmed him or upset him, but just someone he didn't know who happened to be waiting in a parked car. THAT is the bit that is REALLY strange to me. It is very disturbing.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
DaddyO 1/8/2020 3:59:49 PM (No. 282526)
Connecticut grants concealed carry permits on a 'shall issue' basis, meaning they cannot deny a permit if you pass their requirements. Surprising since neighbor NY has much stricter 'may issue' permits in many areas (especially where you need them the most).
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
DVC 1/8/2020 4:21:23 PM (No. 282558)
#10, somewhere between the ages of 17 and 20 (roughly) the male mind (and probably the femaie mind, but I can't speak from that perspective) undergoes a pretty drastic revision. The overwhelming majority of us become more mature, make more adult choices, see more long term view of all things, generally become "more reasonable". I clearly remember idling thinking at age 20 that some choices that I had made a couple of years earlier were obviously poor choices, and foolish choices, and I was lucky that they didn't get me killed (fast cars, etc).
A small percentage of young men seem to come completely unstuck during this massive 'rewiring' process in the brain, somehow it seems to go very off the rails and they go off into serious mental illness when they were quite normal their entire life prior to this. I think this is likely just the luck of the draw, but it may have hereditary or perhaps even chemical or dietary influences, too. Whatever it is, the effects are very real.
Most 22 year olds are far more sensible than most 17 year olds, and a certain small percentage are just 'broken', apparently irretrievably, sad to say. The guy that shot Congresswoman Giffords apparently was one of these derailed, deranged young men. It may be that this young man is another, certainly that is only a guess based on his age and his bizarrely violent behavior. It is something to be aware of and to be on the lookout for.
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