FLORENCE, S.C. (AP) - An employee working at a city park in South Carolina was stabbed to death in what appeared to be a random attack, authorities said.
Penny Phillips, 49, was opening the community center at Northwest Park Community Center in Florence on Monday morning when she was attacked, investigators told media outlets.
Jawan Kavorie Crittenden, 18, was arrested several hours later. He was charged with murder after Phillips died Monday night, authorities said.
Investigators don’t know why Crittenden attacked Phillips with a knife and the killing didn’t appear to be related to two recent shootings in the neighborhood around the park, Florence police said.
Phillips had worked for the city for about a month, Ervin said.
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