An irate woman is accused of stabbing another shopper with a knife she’d just purchased after a heated dispute over a long checkout line at a Marshalls department store in New Jersey Saturday.
Amber Thompson, 25, allegedly threatened to harm the female victim while both were on line inside the Kearny store, causing the woman and her family to leave.
But that didn’t stop Thompson from following through on her threat, according to cops.
She allegedly tore a knife out of a packaged set she had just purchased from the chain store and repeatedly stabbed the victim in the parking lot, police told ABC 7.
The victim was found bloodied in the parking lot and transported to a nearby hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Thompson, who apparently fled the scene, was found hiding out in the bathroom inside Marshalls, according to cops.
The bloody knife she allegedly used against the victim was sitting on top of the bathroom’s baby changing station, police said.
Shoppers were flabbergasted that there was no security to prevent the daylight stabbing — and were just grateful no one else was targeted.
“I think that’s pretty crazy that happened here. It’s just crazy because it never happens here,” one shopper told the local outlet.
Marshalls assured that it takes “the safety and security of our Associates and customers” very seriously and praised the responding officers for their “swift response,” according to a statement.
Thompson was charged with aggravated assault, unlawful possession of weapons, possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, and endangering another person.
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