FLAGLER COUNTY, NC - A pregnant mom walking in the grocery store parking lot with her three-year-old child was randomly attacked by a woman, who stabbed the mother after having "no prior interactions" with her.
In a Facebook post from the Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department, authorities confirmed that the attack was completely unprovoked. "The victim and the suspect did not know each other," detective Ashley Phillips said.
The alleged suspect has been identified as Marvina Butler-Hardy, Law & Crime reported.
The alleged stabbing attack unfolded at a Harris Teeter grocery store in Charlotte on March 18, with officers responding that morning shortly before 11:30 a.m. Upon arriving on the scene, police found the pregnant victim suffering from non-life-threatening injuries.
"When they arrived, the victim stated that she had been stabbed," Phillips said.
Police claim that the victim was walking in the Harris Teeter parking lot with her three-year-old child when Butler-Hardy set upon her.
"The amount of cop cars and then hearing my coworkers talk about it, that really took me aback," said Sarah Click, a woman who works in the Cotswold Shopping Center where the Harris Teeter is located. "I had no idea something like that would happen up here at all," Click said.
"The immediate thing that I thought of was someone just coming at you like this — like a horror film."
Butler-Hardy allegedly fled the scene in a Hyundai Elantra and drove down to Florida, where she was pulled over for a broken windshield on Monday morning, March 30. State troopers spotted a large crack in the window and pulled her over outside of Jacksonville on a probable cause traffic stop.
Butler-Hardy allegedly handed the trooper who walked up to speak with her a North Carolina identification card instead of a driver's license.
A "be on the lookout" alert had been put out for a silver Hyundai with a description matching the car Butler-Hardy was driving and listing her as a suspect in the Charlotte stabbing.
"I asked Marvina why she had an ID card only and she advised that her driving license is suspended," the trooper wrote in the arrest report. "Due to computer issues I was having as well as radio issues, I was unable to confirm if the driver was the [stabbing] suspect."
Another trooper arrived at the scene and ran Butler-Hardy's name in the system, found the warrant put out for the stabbing, and confirmed she was wanted out of Mecklenburg County.
"Marvina was secured immediately in handcuffs and placed at the front of my patrol vehicle," the arresting trooper said.
"After further observation of Marvina's vehicle, I did observe the paper tag out of North Carolina laying flat above the rear seat and it did appear there was tape on the rear window but was peeled off."
Butler-Hardy is currently awaiting extradition from Florida to North Carolina. Police say she will be brought back to Mecklenburg County to face charges. She does not have a court date set yet.
In a Facebook post from the Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department, authorities confirmed that the attack was completely unprovoked. "The victim and the suspect did not know each other," detective Ashley Phillips said.
The alleged suspect has been identified as Marvina Butler-Hardy, Law & Crime reported.
The alleged stabbing attack unfolded at a Harris Teeter grocery store in Charlotte on March 18, with officers responding that morning shortly before 11:30 a.m. Upon arriving on the scene, police found the pregnant victim suffering from non-life-threatening injuries.
"When they arrived, the victim stated that she had been stabbed," Phillips said.
Police claim that the victim was walking in the Harris Teeter parking lot with her three-year-old child when Butler-Hardy set upon her.
"The amount of cop cars and then hearing my coworkers talk about it, that really took me aback," said Sarah Click, a woman who works in the Cotswold Shopping Center where the Harris Teeter is located. "I had no idea something like that would happen up here at all," Click said.
"The immediate thing that I thought of was someone just coming at you like this — like a horror film."
Butler-Hardy allegedly fled the scene in a Hyundai Elantra and drove down to Florida, where she was pulled over for a broken windshield on Monday morning, March 30. State troopers spotted a large crack in the window and pulled her over outside of Jacksonville on a probable cause traffic stop.
Butler-Hardy allegedly handed the trooper who walked up to speak with her a North Carolina identification card instead of a driver's license.
A "be on the lookout" alert had been put out for a silver Hyundai with a description matching the car Butler-Hardy was driving and listing her as a suspect in the Charlotte stabbing.
"I asked Marvina why she had an ID card only and she advised that her driving license is suspended," the trooper wrote in the arrest report. "Due to computer issues I was having as well as radio issues, I was unable to confirm if the driver was the [stabbing] suspect."
Another trooper arrived at the scene and ran Butler-Hardy's name in the system, found the warrant put out for the stabbing, and confirmed she was wanted out of Mecklenburg County.
"Marvina was secured immediately in handcuffs and placed at the front of my patrol vehicle," the arresting trooper said.
"After further observation of Marvina's vehicle, I did observe the paper tag out of North Carolina laying flat above the rear seat and it did appear there was tape on the rear window but was peeled off."
Butler-Hardy is currently awaiting extradition from Florida to North Carolina. Police say she will be brought back to Mecklenburg County to face charges. She does not have a court date set yet.
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