Overview
- Officers who arrived Tuesday around 9:20 a.m. at the Aksarben Village Walmart found a woman holding a knife to a child in a shopping cart and shot her after she cut the boy’s face, police said.
- Video cited by Deputy Chief Scott Gray shows the suspect swiping the knife across the 3-year-old’s face as officers issued commands.
- The child suffered a large facial cut and a hand injury, underwent surgery at a children’s hospital, and is expected to survive, according to police and the family.
- Police identified the suspect as 31-year-old Noemi Guzman and said she did not know the caretaker; investigators believe she shoplifted a large kitchen knife from the store.
- The case remains under investigation with questions about motive and the exact number of shots fired; Walmart says it is cooperating, the store has reopened, and officials report no ongoing threat.