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A Georgia woman says that a man accused of killing a teen last month at a Walmart randomly

stabbed her in 2021.

Police arrested 48-year-old Delano Middleton last week for an October 23rd confrontation at a Walmart on White Marsh Island, around 8 miles east of Savannah.

Police said 18-year-old J.T. Schroeder kicked Middleton's shopping cart as Middleton walked by.

The encounter escalated and Middleton allegedly stabbed Schroeder multiple times.

Paramedics took Schroeder to a hospital where he died the next day. Now, Erica Young says that Middleton attacked her with a knife

when she worked at a U-Haul store on Okagee Road. According to Young, Middleton walked into the business in

October 2021, took keys from the counter counter and walked outside to steal a truck.

Young said she asked him if he needed help finding a vehicle, and then he shoved a cart on top of her

and started stabbing her. Court records indicate that Middleton used a six-inch foldable knife

during the U-Haul attack before driving off in a truck he stole. Young says Middleton told her he wanted

to watch her bleed out. She said she had never had any contact with him and had never met him before.

Following a mental evaluation, a doctor found Middleton incompetent to stand trial. In 2023, he was

ruled competent, but took a plea deal on an aggravated assault charge.

A judge sentenced him to two years behind bars and eight years on probation.

Now, Young says Middleton got away with stabbing her, so he thought he could get away with it again.

Chad and police have not released additional information regarding the Walmart incident pending a full investigation. Schroeder's

father, however, says his son was never, ever confrontational unless he was confronted first.

Schroeder was stabbed over 10 times until he bled out and died. Middleton remains behind bars at

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