CARVER, Minn. — Editor's note: The video above first aired on KARE 11 on Nov. 25, 2024.
A Kansas City man is being held in the Carver County Jail on assault charges after prosecutors alleged he critically injured a teenage Fleet Farm employee.
The criminal complaint filed Tuesday showed 31-year-old Gerald Hudson was charged with first- and second-degree assault, for the attack that left the 17-year-old employee with a 2- to 3-inch laceration to the back of her neck. Court documents said the alleged assault occurred inside the company's Carver location just after 2 p.m. Sunday.
According to prosecutors, surveillance video showed Hudson entering the store before walking past the teen and to the end of an aisle. Authorities claimed Hudson looked right and then left before turning around and making a "striking movement" toward the teen, who was then seen on video holding the back of her neck and running from the area.
A witness told police they heard the teen yell, "he just stabbed me," and saw the suspect, now identified as Hudson, run outside to the parking lot and drive away.
The complaint said Hudson was arrested in Chanhassen and brought in for questioning, where authorities claim he made a number of voluntary statements, including, "I didn't stab anyone, I didn't have any guns or anything like that, I just hit someone with a thing."
The teen, prosecutors said, was taken to HCMC for treatment and her last known condition was critical but stable.
At the time of the filing, prosecutors said a potential weapon had still not been located.
A judge set bail for Hudson on Tuesday and scheduled his next court appearance for Dec. 13.