Overview
- Investigators say a verbal dispute between a 21-year-old daughter and her 39-year-old mother escalated into a stabbing in a Chick‑fil‑A parking lot after the pair pulled off Interstate 75, according to authorities on Thursday.
- Officials say the mother suffered at least 10 stab wounds, was aided inside the restaurant by off-duty Acworth officers, was taken to Wellstar Kennestone Hospital, and has since been released.
- The daughter drove off northbound with two children in the vehicle, and deputies used automated license-plate reader data to track the car and coordinate with North Georgia agencies for a felony traffic stop in Whitfield County about 1 hour and 15 minutes later.
- The suspect, identified as Shyanniah Ma’Ree Johnson of Milwaukee, was treated for a leg injury at Hamilton Medical Center, has been charged with aggravated assault under Georgia’s Family Violence Act, and remains hospitalized as the investigation continues.
- The two children were uninjured and placed in custody of the Georgia Division of Family and Children Services, and authorities say additional charges are possible as the multi-jurisdictional probe proceeds and prosecutors weigh family-violence enhancements.