Crime & Safety
Wal-Mart Employee Attacked, Stabbed in Chest by Co-Worker and Her Husband: Hamden Police
Police said the victim was involved in a verbal altercation with the couple inside the store and was then attacked when he walked outside.
A Wal-Mart employee was stabbed in the chest while being assaulted by a co-worker and her husband as he walked out of the store early Tuesday morning, according to Hamden Police Capt. Ronald Smith.
Hamden Police responded to Yale-New Haven Hospital, Saint Raphael’s campus, in the early morning hours on Aug. 11 regarding the stabbing.
Smith said that investigation revealed that a 27-year-old New Haven resident was stabbed in the chest, as he walked out of Wal-Mart.
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The victim, who is an employee at Wal-Mart, was involved in a verbal altercation with the husband of a co-worker. This occurred inside of the store. As he exited the store, the co-worker and her husband physically attacked him. He was stabbed in the chest during the assault.
The victim drove himself to the hospital.
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The Hamden Police Department Major Crimes Division is conducting the investigation. Officer Nicholas Lovett conducted the initial investigation.
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