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Inset: Tokyia Brown (Guilford County Correctional Facility). Background: The Walmart in Greensboro, North Carolina, where Brown allegedly stabbed an employee (Google Maps).
The Greensboro Police Department responded to the alarming scene around 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday at the Walmart located on West Wendover Avenue. Upon arrival, officers discovered the victim suffering from a severe stab wound, prompting paramedics to transport her swiftly to a nearby hospital for emergency treatment.
In a somber courtroom revelation, a prosecutor detailed the extent of the victim’s injuries during a bond hearing. “Her injuries include a cut across her carotid artery, and the wound was deep enough to reach the top of her left lung,” the prosecutor informed, as reported by local Fox affiliate WGHP.
The unsettling sequence of events reportedly began when the victim was seated in her car, peacefully taking her break with the window down. Brown, who was a passenger in a nearby vehicle, is alleged to have exited the car and deliberately shoved a shopping cart from an adjacent parking space into the victim’s vehicle, escalating the confrontation to a violent attack.
The prosecutor explained that the victim was sitting in a car in a parking space with her window down when Brown, who was a passenger in another car, pulled up next to her. Brown allegedly got out of the car and pushed a cart that was in another parking spot into the victim’s vehicle.
Brown exchanged words with the victim, who exited her car. That’s when Brown allegedly took out a “sharp object” on her keychain and stabbed the employee.
Cops say the victim ran inside the store while putting pressure on the wound that was bleeding “profusely.” Employees called 911. The victim’s injuries reportedly required surgery but are not considered life-threatening. Surveillance camera footage captured the incident, per cops.
Officers located Brown and arrested her. She’s currently in the Guilford County Correctional Facility without bond. According to court records, she is unemployed and has a previous conviction for simple assault, and prior charges of assault with a deadly weapon and communicating threats were dismissed.