A Wisconsin mother was allegedly stabbed multiple times by her daughter during a violent confrontation in the parking lot of a Chick-fil-A, authorities said.
Police said Kimberly King, 39, was attacked with a knife after a tense dispute with 21-year-old Shyanniah Ma’ree Johnson escalated.
The argument reportedly began last month as the pair were traveling from Florida back to Milwaukee with King’s young son and her grandson in the vehicle.
King said she pulled into a Chick-fil-A parking lot in Acworth, Georgia, after sensing that her daughter appeared ready to strike her.
‘She put my hair down and just started just stabbing me. She stabbed me multiple times. She stabbed me all over my head, my arms, my shoulders,’ King told Fox 5.
Johnson reportedly stabbed her mother around 10 times. Deputies said the mother ran inside the fast food restaurant after the stabbing where officers already inside the premises were able to call an ambulance.
Johnson was taken to jail but subsequently released by Cherokee County judge, Shannon Wallace on a $3,000 bond.
King told Fox 5 her daughter’s release has left her fearful, she said: ‘I do not feel safe. I’m upset they let her out.’
Kimberly King, 39, was allegedly stabbed multiple times by her daughter in a Chick-fil-A parking lot following a heated argument
Shyanniah Ma’ree Johnson, 21, was released on a $3,000 bond after allegedly stabbing her mom about 10 times
King was taken to Wellstar Kennestone Hospital the sheriff’s office said in a news release.
Johnson, who obtained a leg injury during the fight, allegedly drove away with the two children still inside the car.
Officers later located the car in Whitfield County and took Johnson to Hamilton Medical Center in Dalton, before she was moved to jail.
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Court records show that she was charged with aggravated assault and two counts of third-degree cruelty to children.
King is a manicurist and said on a GoFundMe she set up that the attack has left her hands paralyzed.
‘My hands were my career, my independence, and the way I cared for my children. In minutes, all of that was taken,’ she said.
Johnson drove off following the alleged attack but Cherokee County deputies were able to locate her, police said
Johnson suffered a leg injury during the fight. Court records show that she was charged with aggravated assault and two counts of third-degree cruelty to children
King claims that she needs assistance bathing, preparing food, getting dressed and ‘caring for my three-year-old son.’
King also wrote that her own mother was diagnosed with schizophrenia and stabbed her grandmother when King was six years old.
‘My daughter has not been diagnosed with any condition, and I am not claiming she has one,’ King writes.
‘But she and my mother shared behaviors that, in hindsight, were warnings I didn’t know how to interpret.’
The two children are in the custody of the Georgia Division of Family and Children Services in Whitfield County.
A lawyer for Johnson declined to comment.
The Daily Mail contacted Judge Wallace, the Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office and King for comment.