Woman Threw 'Roundhouse-Style' Punches At Target Employee: Police

A New Brunswick woman who police said tried to steal 33 containers of baby formula from a Central New Jersey Target was arrested earlier this month after allegedly threatening to shoot the employee who tried to stop her. She also threw several “roundhouse-style” punches at him, police said.

According to West Windsor police, the incident happened on Nov. 8 at Target, where Shante K. Walker, 26, allegedly tried to steal the baby formula by putting it in a suitcase.

When a store employee stopped her, she refused to open the suitcase, police said.

The employee stood in front of her shopping cart, and she threatened to shoot the employee, according to police. She then threw the “roundhouse-style” punches, landing one in the back of his head, police said.

The employee knocked her to the ground and “followed up with a few quick punches,” according to police.

Walker pretended to be unconscious for four minutes before getting up and leaving the store, according to the information from police. She was later found hiding under a car in the parking lot, authorities said.

Walker put the items into a suitcase she had picked up in the store, and then tried to merely pay for the suitcase at checkout, police allege.

She was arrested and found to have several outstanding warrants, including one from South Plainfield.