LA tech recruiter, 24, is left with brain damage after homeless man plunged GARDEN SHEARS into the back of her head during random street attack
- Kyli Watts, 24, was stabbed in the back of the head by a set of gardening shears in an unprovoked attack in North Hollywood, California
- Surveillance footage shows Jonathan Cole, 30, approaching and stabbing Watts before Watts stumbles away
- Watts made her way to a nearby café to call for help with the shears still in her head
- Amy Watts, Kyli's mother, says she is upset about the attack but has 'no ill regard' toward Cole, who left her daughter with a traumatic brain injury
Kyli Watts was walking down the street on October 10 when Jonathan Cole, 30, approached her and stabbed her in the head with a pair of shears in a completely unprovoked attack.
Watts was able to walk away from the scene to a nearby café and call her mother, a psychiatric nurse in North Carolina, for help. Friends say the four-inch blades were stuck in her head and that doctors had to surgically remove them.
She survived the heinous attack, but is still recovering at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, according to KTLA.
Watts has been warned she could face permanent issues with her sight and balance due to the stabbing. She lost her job in tech recruiting weeks before the attack, and does not have medical insurance.
A GoFundMe has been set up to help her, with Kyli set to remain in hospital for at least another week.
Police arrested Cole, who they say has no fixed address. He faces possible charges for attempted murder and assault with a deadly weapon.
- Kyli Watts, 24, was stabbed in the back of the head by a pair of gardening shears while walking down a North Hollywood sidewalk on October 10
- Surveillance footage shows Watts (white shirt, black pants) walking down the sidewalk while a man approaches her
- The man, Jonathan Cole, 30, quickly moves to and away from Watts, who is then seen clutching the back of her head
- She successfully made her way to a nearby café, where she then called for help
Watts' mother, Amy, said she is upset about the attack but has no anger toward Cole, who left her daughter with a traumatic brain injury.
'There is no ill regard toward this human, no anger, no bad feelings,' the psychiatric nurse said. 'We've been a foster family for 15 years taking care of some severely mentally ill individuals. She understands that this is a very sick person.'
The attack on her daughter and others in cities across the US are a result of a 'social and systemic failure' for the mentally ill, Amy said.
According to police, Cole encountered a man and a woman at a bus stop after stabbing Watts. Once the woman told him he could not have her lighter, Cole then threw a full jar of pickles at her, striking her in the shoulder.
The man then chased Cole to a nearby supermarket where he was then detained by police.
Both events were 'random and completely unprovoked,' police said.
- Kyli's mother, Amy (right), says she has 'no ill regard' toward Cole, who left her daughter with a traumatic brain injury
- Kyli is expected to remain in the hospital for another week and will have long-term issues with balance and vision in her recovery
Source:https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...-homeless-man-stabbed-head-garden-shears.html
