A 65-year-old woman is dead after an attack at the Barnes and Noble store in Palm Beach Gardens on Dec. 22, police said.
Investigators have arrested Antonio Roderick Moore, 40, on a charge of first-degree murder in the fatal stabbing of Rita B. Loncharich. She died at a hospital after the attack inside the store at the Legacy Place shopping center along PGA Boulevard.
Witnesses told police that the suspect, 40-year-old Antonio Moore, ran out of the store after stabbing Loncharich, the station reported. Loncharich was found by responding officers inside the Barnes & Noble, suffering from a stab wound, and later died from her injuries after being taken to a local hospital.
He was charging his phone in the store when the incident occurred. He allegedly admitted to officers that he had no prior interaction with the victim before fatally stabbing her.
“Antonio stated there was an internal buildup that led to his fight or flight response kicking in with Rita being the closest person inside the store,” cops wrote. “Antonio took the fixed blade knife he had inside his jacket pocket and stabbed Rita in the back.”
I don’t care if he’s mentally ill. Execution sounds good. If Democrats don’t want asylums for these people, then they have to imprison them.
No one is safe. You can get killed any time, anywhere. I can’t wait to see his arrest record.
Jail records from the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office show that Moore was booked on a charge of first-degree premeditated murder.
Loncharich’s husband Stuart said to CBS12 that his wife called him on her cell phone Monday night to inform him that she had been attacked.
She died during surgery.
Mrs. Loncharich was chosen because was the closest person in the store, the police said.
Moore is a crazy, homeless derelict.
Moore had only recently arrived in Florida from Georgia by bus.
“Homeless derelict,” i.e., “street bum.”
Meanwhile, we have the white supremacist Daniel Penny praised for murdering the Michael Jackson impersonator Jordan Neely.
I’ve read that he has no less that 15 arrests on his record. The last prior arrest was for stabbing someone. A judge sentenced him to just 18 months of probation.
So true! No one is safe. The only good news about this horrific crime is that Florida has the death penalty. He better get exactly what he deserves. Prison is too good for that animal.
Police stated suspect chose her because she was the closest person in the store…. not believing that one we know why and the multiple other attacks similar to this back it up.