Horrifying moment 65-year-old woman accidentally smashes Pasadena home with pickaxe where grandmother was nursing newborn
- Beverly Baker started trashing a house in Pasadena, causing $20,000 worth of damage
- Arman Chukadaryan’s six-week-old child was in front of the window when a 65-year-old man broke the window
- His mother-in-law was able to pull the toddler out of his bassinet before any damage was done
- The family feels as if they have “lost their safe place” in the horrific incident
This is the horrifying moment a woman wielding a pickaxe smashed the windows of a Pasadena home inches away from a newborn baby.
Beverley Baker, 65, was caught on camera wielding a weapon during the horrific attack as she returned home several times in California.
The newborn’s grandmother watched as the attacker smashed into the building with a pickaxe and nearly smashed the glass all over her six-week-old granddaughter.
It happens in the middle a sharp increase in crime in Los Angelestotal violent crime rose 4.2 percent.
Arman Choukadaryan said he felt the family had “lost their safe place” as a result of the incident.
The owner estimates that during the attack the house was damaged in the amount of about 20 thousand dollars.
His mother-in-law was alone with the child when Baker brazenly approached the property with a large weapon.
A grandmother of a newborn watched as an attacker broke into the building with a pickaxe and almost smashed the glass all over her six-week-old granddaughter who was lying in a cot, pictured
She manages to pull the child out of the window just before it crashes, but Baker continues his attack and returns several times
Investigators say Baker may have suffered from mental illness, although that has not been confirmed
Pasadena police later arrested her at her home just a few blocks from the scene of the attack
She managed to get the child out of the window before it shattered before Baker returned to the scene.
– said Chukadaryan KTLA: “If my mother-in-law had not acted as quickly as she did, my daughter would not be here.
“She broke one window, went back. My mother-in-law came out shouting and screaming to get my attention.
“The police found her walking nonchalantly with the pickaxe on her back, as if she had just finished working with it.”
Baker returned several times with a pickaxe over her shoulder and yelled, “Questions? Anyone have questions? I’ll be back, get out.”
The owner estimates that during the attack the house was damaged in the amount of about 20 thousand dollars
Baker returned several times with a pickaxe over her shoulder and yelled, “Questions? Anyone have questions? I’ll be back, get out
Chukadaryan said his family was traumatized by the ordeal, saying the family felt they had lost a “safe place”
Pasadena police later arrested her at her home just a few blocks from the scene of the attack.
Investigators say Baker may have suffered from mental illness, although that has not been confirmed.
Baker refused to surrender for about half an hour, but was eventually taken into custody and faces vandalism charges.
Chukadaryan said his family was traumatized by the ordeal, adding: “She needs to be in the right place to get the right help.
“That’s no excuse to attack someone’s family, someone’s newborn and destroy their dream home, destroy their life and their sanity.”
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