Photo courtesy of Walmart
Photo courtesy of Walmart

A 24-year-old Walmart employee was stabbed in the back while standing outside an employee area at the Kearny Mesa store, police said Sunday.

Paramedics rushed the woman to an area hospital with non-life threatening injuries, said Officer Robert Heims of the San Diego Police Department.

The stabbing attack occurred a little after 9:55 p.m. Saturday at a Walmart at 4840 Shawnline St., where the suspect came up behind her and stabbed her near a shoulder, Heims said. The suspect then ran away northbound through the parking lot.

The suspect was described as a 5-foot, 5-inch tall Latino man in his 30s with a medium build and balding hair. He was last seen wearing a green shirt and tan pants.

— City News Service

Chris Jennewein is founder and senior editor of Times of San Diego.