Officers with the Fort Wayne Police Department are investigating a fatal stabbing that occurred at a Kroger store.

It was around 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, Dec. 7, when a man threatened staff at a Kroger grocery store located in the 7000 block of Bluffton Road. The man left and police were disregarded. The man returned to the store around 11:06 a.m. and stabbed an adult female employee, fleeing in a vehicle shortly after. Kroger staff provided aid to the injured employee until law enforcement and medical services arrived.

The injured employee was transported in life-threatening condition to a local hospital, where she died from her wounds.

Jermard J. Lewis, 30, was taken into custody within four hours. Lewis is charged with murder and is currently confined at the Allen County Jail.