Overview

• Officers responded around 5 p.m. Sunday to the Meijer gas station at 15301 Hall Road for a reported stabbing.
• The woman suffered multiple stab wounds and died after being transported to a local hospital.
• The suspect fled the scene but was arrested shortly afterward by Macomb County Sheriff’s deputies.
• Police say the victim and suspect are Utica residents who knew each other, characterizing the attack as not random and saying there is no threat to the public.
• Investigators report the stabbing followed an altercation inside the station, charges are pending, and a 1-year-old was left at the scene according to the suspect’s mother.