Inset: Suniya Jenkins (WJBK/YouTube). Background: The Kids Foot Locker at Southland mall in Michigan where Suniya Jenkins was allegedly stabbed by a 40-year-old woman after exchanging words with her over an attempted purchase (WJBK/YouTube).
A Michigan woman shopping at a Kids Foot Locker with children allegedly went berserk after someone behind her in line called her a “broke b—” because her card got declined, leading to her stabbing a teenager who was at the store, cops say.
Victim Suniya Jenkins, 19, told local Fox affiliate WJBK that she was inside the Kids Foot Locker at Southland Center mall in Taylor watching the female suspect allegedly lose her cool after the comment was made before being randomly stabbed by her.
Jenkins insists she was not the one who reportedly made the statement about the suspect being a “broke b—” but says she did enter the Foot Locker to see what was going on after hearing a commotion.
“I think it was unfair to me to get stabbed,” Jenkins told WJBK, noting the woman allegedly used a kitchen knife to stab her neck, stomach and thigh. “To start, I was stabbed four times and I have a punctured lung right now.”
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Jenkins alleges that the woman was screaming at people near the Foot Locker register when she began snapping at the teen. She says the woman had children with her.
“As the argument got verbal, she put her hand in her purse and proceeded to tell me she was going to shoot me,” Jenkins alleged. “I did not see or even know I was stabbed until after the physical altercation.”
Police told WJBK that the female suspect was arrested and is expected to be charged.
“I am going to press charges, but it does sadden me because I don”t want her to be taken away from her children, I truly don’t,” Jenkins said.
Police did not respond to Law&Crime’s request for comment. Jenkins is expected to make a full recovery.
