Jason Jenkins' family says Walmart and its security company should have known the man accused of stabbing him, Timothy Carter, was a threat to people in the store.
CHICAGO -- The family of an 18-year-old Walmart employee who was stabbed to death on the job in Rockford last month is suing the company and its security company, accusing them of failing to protect him.Jason Jenkins was working at the Walmart Super Center in Rockford on March 24, when 28-year-old Timothy Carter stabbed him in the neck, according to Winnebago County prosecutors.A witness told police she heard Carter utter a racial slur around the time of the stabbing.
'He was stabbed in the back by Walmart'The lawsuit claims Walmart and Brosnan allowed Carter to enter the store despite being 'in a visible state of mental crisis' that made him an obvious risk to others, and that he was allowed to grab knives that were on display inside and walk around while approaching several Black customers, and 'making threatening verbal and physical gestures.
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