Macy's Stabbing Suspect: Prior Arrest for Threatening Senator Elizabeth Warren

Suspect's Mental State and Actions

• 🧠 Carrie Ahern appeared disoriented in court, claiming voices told her to stab someone or be killed.
• 🏥 She was discharged from Manhattan Psychiatric Center the same day she allegedly bought a knife at Macy's Herald Square.
• 🔪 Ahern allegedly purchased the knife during the holiday rush and then attacked a tourist changing her baby's diaper in the store's bathroom.

Victim and Attacker Background

• 👶 The victim, visiting from California with her partner and baby, was stabbed in the back.
• 👨‍👩‍👧 The baby's father and others helped subdue Ahern until security arrived.
• ⚖️ Ahern has no prior criminal history in New York but was arrested in 2018 in Massachusetts for threatening to kill Senator Elizabeth Warren and shoot up a police station.

Legal Proceedings and Potential Sentence

• 🏥 Ahern had been at Manhattan Psychiatric Center for over a year and was on temporary leave from the hospital.
• 🗣️ She reportedly told authorities she preferred prison to returning to a hospital that "did not help me."
• 🔒 The judge ordered Ahern held without bail.
• ⚖️ If convicted of attempted murder in the second degree, she faces up to 25 years in prison.