WARWICK, R.I. (AP) — A Massachusetts man is headed to court in connection with an apparently random stabbing at a Rhode Island pharmacy.
Warwick Police say 41-year-old Jacob Gallant, of Westport, is due in Kent County Courthouse in Warwick on Wednesday. He’s being held on $100,000 bail on a charge of assault with intent to murder and was ordered to undergo a competency evaluation following his arrest.
Police say Gallant stabbed 18-year-old Rite-Aid employee Alyssa Garcia at least eight times in a store aisle on Sunday before two men intervened. They were identified as co-worker 19-year-old Connor Devine and 51-year-old customer Stanley Bastien.
Bastien joined Tara Granahan on Wednesday to discuss the attack.
Gallant’s family told police he’s been struggling with the recent death of his grandmother. The family in a statement expressed sympathy for Garcia, who is recovering, and thanked the good Samaritans.
