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Pregnant woman, one other victim injured after knife attack, CMPD says

A recent Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs report showed that overall crime is down by 9 percent, while crimes against society, like drug and firearm-related crimes, have surged by 31 percent.
A recent Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs report showed that overall crime is down by 9 percent, while crimes against society, like drug and firearm-related crimes, have surged by 31 percent. gorodenkoff Getty Images/iStockphoto

A pregnant woman and 34-year-old man were stabbed Tuesday in Northeast Charlotte, according to the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department.

The incident occurred around 3:40 p.m. on Equipment Drive and Sugar Creek near the I-85 exit, according to an incident report by CMPD. The suspect assaulted the pregnant woman in an attempt to kill her and then did the same to the man, police said.

Police added that the man suffered serious injuries while the woman suffered minor ones.

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Maveah Griffith is a rising senior at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University. Pursing a major in multimedia journalism, she graduated high school in 2025 with an associates degree. Griffith interned at WGHP in High Point in the fall and interned with the Triad Business Journal in the spring of 2026, gaining experience in broadcast as well as print journalism. Griffith aspires to be a White House correspondent. She works on the Observer metro news desk this summer.
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