Walmart Employee Stabbed To Death At IL Store: Police

ROCKFORD, IL — An 18-year-old Walmart employee was killed in a stabbing at the big-box store in Rockford, according to police.

Officers responded around 6 p.m. Sunday to the retailer in the 3800 block of Northridge Drive, where they found the teen with a life-threatening wound to the back, police said, adding the worker was taken to a hospital but died shortly afterward.

The attacker was a stranger to the teen, according to police, who identified the assailant as 28-year-old Timothy Carter of Cabery. Carter was arrested, lodged in Winnebago County jail and charged with first-degree murder, police said.

“We’re devastated to learn that one of our associates has died following a violent attack inside our Rockford, IL store,” Walmart told USA Today in a prepared statement, offering condolences to the teen’s family and adding it was supporting workers and helping police after the stabbing.

Anyone with information about the killing is asked to contact police at 815-966-2900 or on social media, anonymously text RPDTIP plus tip information to 847-411, download the Rockford Police Department app or call Rockford Area Crime Stoppers at 815-963-7867, according to police.