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Chicago Woman Randomly Stabbed 4 People While on Bail for Randomly Stabbing a Woman

A woman on bail for allegedly stabbing a stranger at random in Bucktown last year is now accused of stabbing four more people at random this month on the Northwest Side. Prosecutors said two of the alleged victims were eating at McDonald’s with their grandchildren when they were attacked.

Last summer, prosecutors charged Shaynella Williams with slashing a woman who was walking home from the beach on June 18. {snip}

Shaynella Williams

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Williams was back in court on Monday to face five new felony battery charges stemming from a series of alleged attacks on the afternoon of January 8.

In the first case, two senior citizens were eating lunch with their four grandchildren at McDonald’s, 2317 North Cicero, when Williams pulled into the parking lot in her red Kia, prosecutor Sarah Dale-Schmidt said.

Williams allegedly walked into the restaurant, saw the family dining near the entrance, and jabbed a knife into one of the grandparents’ backs, then stabbed the other grandparent on the top of the head.

Customers took pictures of Williams as she fled in her red Kia, and police later determined that her phone pinged in the area at the time of the attack, according to Dale-Schmidt.

About 20 minutes later, Williams allegedly pulled over in the 5300 block of West Lawrence and stabbed a woman in the leg as the victim carried a large plant down the street.

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Moments later, Williams made a U-turn in the 4500 block of North Milwaukee, parked next to a woman on the sidewalk, and stabbed the woman in her back {snip}

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