A Walmart employee was fatally stabbed during a late-night shift in what police described as a random attack at a Walmart Supercenter in Conway, Arkansas, as reported by Fox News.

Officers with the Conway Police Department were dispatched at approximately 10:58 p.m. Tuesday after receiving reports of a man stabbing a female employee inside the store located along U.S. 65.

Police said officers arrived within about a minute of the call and encountered the suspect, later identified as 37-year-old Zeddrick Ross, who was still armed with a knife.

According to police, officers issued multiple commands for Ross to drop the weapon, but he refused and advanced toward an officer.

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One officer fired a single shot that did not strike the suspect, and a second officer deployed a Taser to subdue him.

The victim, identified as 32-year-old Jordanne Drinkwater, was given emergency aid by officers and medical personnel at the scene but died from her injuries.

Ross was taken into custody and transported to the Faulkner County Detention Center. Police confirmed that no other individuals were injured during the incident.

Investigators said Ross was not employed by Walmart, did not know Drinkwater, and had no prior interaction with her. Authorities described the attack as an apparently random act of violence. The investigation remains ongoing.

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According to a police affidavit reviewed by Fox News Digital, Ross told a detective he believed he had been pursued by what he described as a "demon" and armed himself with a knife for protection.

He said he believed he was confronting that figure when he stabbed Drinkwater multiple times. Ross later told investigators he realized she did not resemble the individual he thought had been following him.

The affidavit also states that Ross told police he had stolen the knife earlier and went to the store intending to obtain another weapon.

An officer who discharged a firearm during the encounter has been placed on administrative leave, which the department described as a routine procedure following an officer-involved shooting.

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Court records from the Independence County District Court, also reviewed by Fox News Digital, show Ross has a prior criminal history. In 2020, he was charged with and convicted of a theft-related misdemeanor.

In 2022, he was convicted of obstructing governmental operations in Faulkner County District Court and sentenced to one year of probation.

Drinkwater, known to friends as Puff, was remembered by those who knew her as a positive influence in their lives. Sam Slaughter, who said she had known Drinkwater for nearly a decade, spoke about learning of her death.

"I called him, and I said, ‘You’re kidding. It's not—not, not Jordan, not Puff, right? Like, that’s not Puff, right?’ And the world stopped," Slaughter told KATV.

"I never met somebody as, as, as pure as Jordan. It was just I don’t—I didn’t understand. I still don’t understand why it had to be her. She helped change my entire life for the better—everything from staying sober to the way I think about the world and how it works, and not putting more hate into it and just trying to do better. She was an amazing human being. She’s going to be so, so missed."

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