A New Jersey woman shopping at Bed, Bath & Beyond was brutally stabbed Thursday by a deranged stranger – who was recently busted for setting a cat on fire, according to reports.
According to CBS 2, Kerri Dalton, 29, stopped at a Middletown, Monmouth County Bed, Bath & Beyond with her young son.
That’s where Tyrik Haynes, 19, was reportedly lurking.
CBS 2 reports that Haynes stabbed his victim more than a dozen times, puncturing both of her lungs. She was later airlifted to Jersey Shore Medical Center, listed in critical but stable condition.
Dalton’s son wasn’t hurt in the attack.
Haynes was held on $1 million bail, charged with attempted murder.
Thursday’s attack is Haynes’s second brush with the law in the past month. He’s also accused of setting an adopted cat on fire on Christmas Eve.