2 Women Charged with Assault After Allegedly Stabbing 3 Women ‘Known’ to Them in Upstate N.Y. Mall Scuffle

Lakeya Richerson, 22, and Joshalyn Paul, 21, were charged with three counts of assault and criminal possession of a weapon, according to reports

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  • Two women, Lakeya Richerson and Joshalyn Paul, allegedly stabbed three women at Walden Galleria in Cheektowaga, N.Y.
  • The alleged stabbing occurred during a knife fight in the mall on Feb. 13
  • The incident remains under investigation, and the women, who have been charged with three counts of assault and criminal possession of a weapon, remain in custody pending their arraignment in Cheektowaga Town Court

Two women were arrested and charged with the stabbing of three other women at a western New York mall on Feb. 13.

Lakeya Richerson, 22, and Joshalyn Paul, 21, were charged with three counts of assault and criminal possession of a weapon after allegedly stabbing three women at Walden Galleria in Cheektowaga, N.Y., New York Upstate reported.

Richerson and Paul, both residents of Buffalo, N.Y., allegedly engaged in a knife fight with the three victims in the mall. Cheektowaga Police responded to the incident at approximately 7:15 p.m. local time, per the outlet. The victims, who are currently unidentified, were brought to Erie County Medical Center for treatment after sustaining non-life-threatening injuries.

Richerson and Paul are in custody until their arraignment in Cheektowaga Town Court, according to local outlet WREN.

Photos from the crime scene obtained by local outlet WKBW show blood on the mall floor where the stabbing occurred…

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