Woman charged in fatal stabbing
Published 6:25 pm Wednesday, May 29, 2019
MINNEAPOLIS — Prosecutors have charged a 39-year-old woman with fatally stabbing another woman after an argument in downtown Minneapolis.
Shermeika Franklin of Minneapolis was charged Wednesday with second-degree murder in the killing of 42-year-old Mesheka Willis. Willis was stabbed in the chest Saturday night at a bus depot.
Police watched surveillance video and saw Franklin arguing with Willis, the two women circling each other and Willis staggering and falling to the ground.
Franklin was arrested at a nearby apartment. She told police that Willis had been bothering her and punched her in the chin.
Franklin remains jailed ahead of a court appearance Thursday. Court records do not list an attorney who could comment on her behalf.