An Arkansas man pleaded guilty to attempted murder after he stabbed a Shawnee liquor store employee multiple times.
On Sept. 12, Amanjit Singh, 34, of Sherwood, Arkansas, entered a guilty plea in Johnson County Court for attempted first-degree murder, a level 1 felony. Judge Thomas Sutherland is presiding over the case.
The charge stems from a stabbing that occurred at Stonebridge Liquors, 6648 Nieman Road, in 2023.
The victim was in critical condition
At about 12:47 on June 9, 2023, Shawnee police responded to a call of a liquor store employee that was stabbed multiple times. When they arrived, they found the person in critical condition.
“The 47-year-old female victim reported that a man walked into the store and attacked her with a knife,” Shawnee police spokesperson Major Jim Baker stated in a press release in 2023. “The victim was hospitalized in critical condition.”
At about 3:30 p.m. that day, the Kansas Highway Patrol located and arrested Singh. The police stated no motive for the attack.
The Johnson County District Attorney’s Office didn’t return a request for comment on the victim’s current condition.
Singh’s attorney did not respond to a request for comment from the Johnson County Post.
Singh will be sentenced in October
Singh is scheduled to be sentenced at 1:30 p.m. on Oct. 30 in front of Judge Sutherland.
He is being held on a $2 million bond.
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