ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, Fla. — A 19-year-old woman fatally stabbed a 21-year-old woman late Tuesday at a Circle K convenience store, the Altamonte Springs Police Department said Thursday.
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Police said they were called shortly before 11 p.m. Tuesday to AdventHealth Altamonte Springs after Lakeira Hall had been stabbed at the Circle K store on East Altamonte Drive near Interstate 4, where Hall worked as a clerk.
Investigators said that Hall and Leanna Ramnarine were involved in a dispute outside the building.
They said Ramnarine, who is homeless, used a knife to stab Hall several times
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Hall was taken to the hospital by a friend who witnessed the stabbing.
She was pronounced dead at the hospital shortly thereafter.
“This appears to be an isolated incident as the victim and suspect knew each other,” a police spokeswoman said in a news release.
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Ramnarine was booked into the John E. Polk Correctional Facility on Thursday on charges of second-degree murder.
She remains jailed without bail.
Police believe multiple people saw the stabbing, so they ask witnesses to call them at 407-339-2441 or Crimeline at 407-423-8477.
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