Posted on 06/10/2022 12:24:43 PM PDT by Impala64ssa
Surveillance video caught a man entering a Phoenix phone store Saturday and brutally beating a female employee working alone behind the counter — punching and stomping on her 25 times in an unprovoked attack.
Even when she screamed she was pregnant as a possible way of getting him to stop, the attacker kept beating her.
The 22-year-old victim asked the man, "How can I help you?" as he approached the counter of the Cricket Wireless store near 43rd Avenue and Bethany Home Road around 5 p.m., KSAZ-TV reported.
The man began to answer and then suddenly punched the woman, landing a total of 16 punches and nine stomps to her head as the victim screamed for her life, begging him to stop.
After the attack, the man went to the back of the store and stole several items and cash, police told the station. The victim was able to run to the next-door business to call for help, but the suspect fled before authorities arrived, KSAZ reported.
Police received multiple tips about the suspect's identity after releasing surveillance video of the attack, the station said, adding that 33-year-old Michael Cook was arrested three days later.
Cook faces multiple charges, including robbery, kidnapping, assault, and criminal trespassing, KSAZ said, adding that he was booked Wednesday into Maricopa County Jail.
Image source: KSAZ-TV video screenshot Cook's mother reportedly told police her son wasn't taking his schizophrenia medication, the station said, adding that police paperwork indicated Cook heard voices in his head telling him to kill himself, so he took his anger out on the victim.
Paperwork also shows Cook admitted to stealing three phones and selling two of them for fentanyl and meth, KSAZ reported.
Tearful victim calls attack 'evil' Maria Coronado spoke to the station Wednesday and said the man — a regular customer — had been watching her all day and waited until she was alone before attacking her.
"You could just hear me screaming," a tearful Coronado told KSAZ. "It just breaks my heart that no matter what I did -- I plead[ed] with him, I even told him I was pregnant just to see if maybe with that he would stop, and he didn't. He just kept on going and going and going."
She also told the station she has "several stitches from my eyebrow to my nose. I have two fractured nose bones, and obviously, my face has a lot of trauma to it."
Coronado added to KSAZ she was afraid the man would kill her if she fought back and called the attack "evil."
"He knew what he was doing," she added to the station. "This was premeditated. He came four times the whole day, just seeing if there [were] customers, if I was alone." Coronado said days before the attack, the man "literally told a manager, 'I’m going to come back and kill you.'"
However, Coronado told KSAZ no one called police about the man's prior threats.
"If they would have said something ... they probably would have caught him, and this wouldn’t have happened," she told the station, adding that she doesn't want to return to work: "It's just scary ... We can't be alone."
KSAZ said it reached out to Cricket Wireless for a statement but didn't immediately receive a reply. A GoFundMe page has been set up to help cover Coronado's medical expenses.
Cities are going to burn down after the news of this outrage gets around.
People like him are why lynching existed.
Don't hold your breath.
> Especially when you think that you are justified because you are told that all white people are racists. <
That is an enormous problem. I was listening to a local talk radio station the other day, and the host mentioned that a country singer was coming to town. A couple of black guys called in, and said that country music fans are white racists looking to hurt black people. The host, who is black himself, agreed with the callers.
I couldn’t believe what I was hearing.
A white supremacist I presume?
“The university is walled up”
Are the walls recent? I didn’t see any on images.
“Would that psycho, who supposedly can’t be held accountable for his actions even think of messing with any of those tough guys?”
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IMO anytime you kick someone in the head, that’s attempted murder.
I am so happy she is relatively ok and won’t have any lasting physical damage from this incident.
If he is an immigrant he needs to be jailed and then deported. And should be charge as I said before with attempted murder for the kicks to the head.
My theory has always been that you don’t execute a violent psycho - you euthanize ‘em.
That is why women should carry easy open pocket knives and wear dresses, pants, and skirts with pockets. And remember they have it and use it when necessary. A firearm would be better, but....
Just being sarcastic.
Just confirming the statistics. Murder Monkey doing what Murder Monkeys do.
Yeah, thought so.
Poland, where I am now, is looking better and better with each passing day.
“And there is no way she should have to pay for her own medical expenses. Cricket wireless should be paying for those”
From the article:
“He knew what he was doing,” she added to the station. “This was premeditated. He came four times the whole day, just seeing if there [were] customers, if I was alone.” Coronado said days before the attack, the man “literally told a manager, ‘I’m going to come back and kill you.’”
However, Coronado told KSAZ no one called police about the man’s prior threats.”
By the time the lawyers get finished with Cricket Wireless they will paying her medical bills and probably a lot more.
HUH? We’re not?😵💫
Yes, he isn’t a fighter by any means. Almost spastic in his punches. He needs a major ass kicking.
I can think of one thing Poland's got that always looks mighty good. Of course other Eastern European countries have it too.
Anyway, I take your point. Long may it stay that way.
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