A shooting at a Wisconsin Walmart left one employee in critical condition and another in jail Wednesday after the two got into an altercation while on the clock.
Justine Boyd, 46, of Greenville, Wisconsin was arrested on a charge of first degree attempted intentional homicide after allegedly shooting a 56-year-old liquor store cashier at the Neenah Walmart just before 11:15 Wednesday morning.
The victim, whose name was not released, sustained one gunshot wound to the torso and is listed in critical condition at Theda Clark Medical Center.
"We're still very concerned for the victim," Police Chief Kevin Wilkinson told reporters. "We're obviously all hoping and praying for the best for her."
Since the shooting police have been in contact with the victim's family to sort out why the incident may have taken place, but admit that "the whole thing is really weird."
According to Wilkinson, violent crimes are extremely rare in Neenah. There were only about 40 violent crimes in 2012, 30 of which were aggravated assaults where someone threatened someone else with a weapon but no one actually fired.
Authorities believe that the two women knew each other but it is unclear as to what might have prompted Justine Boyd to shoot another Walmart employee in the abdomen.
"We are in close contact with [the victim's] family at the hospital and trying to be as helpful as possible during this difficult time," Walmart said in a statement. "Our commitment right now is to work with law enforcement to provide them any information we have that might be useful for their investigation."
No other people were hurt in the shooting, police said, and some customers didn't even know what had happened.
"We have no reason to believe that there is anyone else involved, nor do we have any reason to believe that there's any other threat to our community," Lieutenant John Karner of the Neenah Police Department said.
"This is shocking. This is Neenah," resident and shooting witness Lisa Beaudreau told Fox 11 News. "It's not a place where this stuff happens all the time, you know, it's an everyday occurrence. This never happens here. I'm shocked. I bring my kids here."
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