Overview

• Ellis, 34, was found guilty on all counts, including aggravated murder and attempted murder, in the June 3, 2024 attack.
• Sentencing is set for Oct. 27, and she faces a potential life prison term.
• Prosecutors argued she acted out of anger after failing to recover money at the police station, presenting video of her stealing knives and following the victims.
• The defense cited longstanding schizophrenia and urged a not-guilty-by-reason-of-insanity verdict, but jurors rejected the claim after dueling expert testimony.
• Security footage and eyewitness accounts described Ellis stabbing Julian Wood and wounding his mother, Margot, in the Giant Eagle parking lot.