Woman stabbed to death inside Walmart store in Lake Elsinore, Riverside County sheriff’s says [Video]

LAKE ELSINORE, Calif. (KABC) — A woman was stabbed to death inside a Walmart in Lake Elsinore Monday morning, and a man is in custody, authorities said.

Authorities identified the victim as 65-year-old Menifee resident Jessica Morales, an employee at the store.

Deputies responded to the business in the 29000 block of Central Avenue at about 7 a.m. regarding an assault with a deadly weapon, according to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department.

When deputies arrived, Morales was found with multiple stab wounds. She was later pronounced dead at the scene.

A suspect, 29-year-old Lonnie Hinton from Wildomar, was arrested on suspicion of murder after he turned himself in at the Lake Elsinore Sheriff’s Station, authorities said.

A Walmart employee initially told Eyewitness News off camera that the suspect became upset when the employee didn’t …