A wanted man who stabbed his ex three times in the chest before responding cops shot him claimed he was only at her apartment because she’d promised to cook him dinner, newly released court papers say.
Brian Quattrocchi, 47 repeatedly slashed his ex-girlfriend, Olga Pichardo, 40, on the Lower East Side during a raging snowstorm January 27, authorities said.
“She told me to come over and that she’d cook for me,” the convicted felon told police, court papers state.
“Cops started banging at the door asking to come in but I told them I wasn’t opening the door and I started to become irate,” he said.
Quattrocchi allegedly barricaded himself inside the apartment then hit and kicked Pichardo who fled to the bathroom.
Quattrocchi snatched a knife from the kitchen, found his terrified ex cowering in the bathroom and held the blade to her throat, authorities said.
Cops kicked down the door and ordered Quattrocchi to put down the weapon but he refused.
He then repeatedly plunged the knife into her chest. Police shot him in the torso and arm as he continued slashing her.
“I’m in a lot of pain and I’m being treated for multiple wounds for being shot by the police,” Quattrocchi whined to cops from his hospital bed, court paper says.
Police were already looking for Quattrocchi when he attacked his ex for allegedly punching her in the face a week earlier, cops said.
In that incident, he allegedly showed up at her apartment with his new girlfriend and slugged Pichardo when she repeatedly asked him to leave, police sources said.
Quattrocchi pleaded not guilty Thursday at his arraignment in Manhattan Supreme Court to several counts of attempted murder, kidnapping and assault.
“The defendant assaulted his ex-girlfriend inside her apartment, and a little more than one week later, went back to the apartment to wage an even more violent attack, beating and stabbing her while attempting to prevent law enforcement officials from coming to the victim’s aid,” said District Attorney Cy Vance. “Thanks to the bravery of responding officers, this individual was stopped before he was able to do even more harm to this victim or others.”
