A 21-year-old man allegedly stabbed his mother in a Texas Target, and his sister says he previously claimed the Illuminati ordered an attack

A 21-year-old Waco man is accused of stabbing his mother inside a Target store on Sunday afternoon, and an arrest warrant affidavit says he told police the Illuminati told him to do it, according to KWTX. The Waco Target stabbing was reported around 2:22 p.m. at the store in the 5400 block of Bosque Boulevard.

Galveston Elijah Vriseno, 21, is charged with aggravated assault of a family member causing serious bodily injury. He remains in custody on a $100,000 bond. His mother had surgery at a local hospital after the attack and is in stable condition, her daughter said, and the account here rests on the affidavit, so the details are allegations.

Waco police were dispatched to a possible domestic disturbance involving the Waco Target stabbing at the store. Officers found a pool of blood beside the woman, who was on the floor with a stab wound to the left side of her neck. However, bystanders had already helped her sit up by the time officers reached her, according to the affidavit.

Police say the suspect was found washing blood off his hands

As the woman could not speak, witnesses described the clothing of the man who ran away. Surveillance video reportedly shows mother and son walking near the optical area before the stabbing. The affidavit says Vriseno stabbed her with a knife and then ran out toward the nearby intersection, leaving the Waco Target stabbing scene behind.

About 4 p.m., police learned that Vriseno had called them and was at a Jack in the Box in the 5100 block of Bosque Boulevard. He was wearing the clothing witnesses had described, along with a blanket, and officers said he appeared to be throwing the blanket and other items into the trash while washing blood from his hands.

After receiving Miranda warnings, Vriseno was asked whether a knife in his front left cargo pocket was the weapon, and he admitted that it was, according to the affidavit. The document also says he claimed the Illuminati told him to carry out the Waco Target stabbing, which is the explanation attributed to him in the paperwork.

His sister called police during the search for him. She said that two days earlier, Vriseno had told her that the Illuminati told him to kill their mother and her. However, the reporting does not include a statement from Vriseno or an attorney, and it does not list court dates or the jail where he is being held.

Shoppers have stepped in during other store attacks, as when a crowd rushed to save a woman at a Simi Valley Target. In Waco, the bystanders who helped the injured mother sit up before officers arrived are part of the account described in the affidavit and in the reporting on the case.

The Illuminati was a secret society founded in 1776, and the name is now mostly associated with conspiracy theories. Vriseno’s claim is therefore an assertion attributed to him by the affidavit, and allegations in an affidavit are not established facts, so the Waco Target stabbing case will have to be tested in court before any of it is proven.

Vriseno has not entered a plea in the reporting available so far, and the case appears to be at an early stage. A judge may review the bond and charge, and prosecutors could share more detail as the Waco Target stabbing case moves forward.