Zeddrick Ross is an alleged killer from Arkansas who would randomly murder Walmart worker Jordanne Drinkwater
According to police reports Zeddrick Ross would enter a Walmart in Conway Arkansas and would randomly start stabbing Jordanne Drinkwater.
Officers would soon arrive and find Zeddrick Ross still armed with a knife. Ross would be tased and taken into custody
Apparently Zeddrick Ross would tell officers that he was being followed by a demon and had to kill it.
Zeddrick Ross has been charged with first degree murder
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An Arkansas man has been charged with first-degree murder after he reportedly walked into a Walmart store and fatally stabbed an employee because he believed he was being followed by a demon, police said.
According to a news release from the Conway Police Department, it happened Wednesday at 11 p.m.
Walmart employee killed
What we know:
Police in Conway said they were dispatched to a local Walmart after reports that an employee, 32-year-old Jordanne Drinkwater, was being stabbed. When they arrived, they found the suspect, 37-year-old Zeddrick Ross, still armed with a knife. Drinkwater died at the scene, police said.
Police said they told Ross to drop his weapon but he wouldn’t. One officer shot at Ross and missed, while another tased him to get him into custody.
According to KTHV, Ross told police he was being followed by a demon, and stole a large knife from Walgreens and a machete from Walmart for protection. He said he saw the demon at Walmart and stabbed it in the neck and shoulder to kill it, but realized after that the victim wasn’t the demon he believed he saw.
Ross was charged with first-degree murder and is being held on a $1 million bond.
According to Fox News Digital, Ross’ criminal history includes a 2020 misdemeanor theft conviction and a 2022 conviction for obstructing governmental operations. In 2022, he was sentenced to one year of probation.
Drinkwater was ‘an amazing human being,’ friends say
What they’re saying:
Drinkwater, who was affectionately called Puff by her friends, was described as an “amazing human being.” Sam Slaughter, who knew Drinkwater for nearly 10 years, told KATV she heard the tragic news when another friend texted her.
“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 said.
“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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A Walmart employee in Arkansas was killed by a man who allegedly told authorities that he was “being stalked by a demon,” according to multiple reports.
About 10:58 p.m., Conway officers were dispatched to a report of a man stabbing a woman inside the store. Officers arrived and encountered 37-year-old Zeddrick Ross, who was still armed with a knife.
During the encounter, officers gave Ross multiple commands to drop the weapon. But he did not comply and came toward an officer while still armed.
In response, one officer fired one shot, but missed. Another officer then used a taser and Ross was eventually taken into custody.
The victim, Jordanne Drinkwater, 32, died at the scene from her injuries.
During the investigation, Ross allegedly told law enforcement that he had stolen a large knife from Walgreens before the attack and a machete from Walmart for protection “because he said a demon was stalking him,” KTHV reported.
He described the “demon” as a light-skinned Black woman with brown eyes and a weave whom he had only seen at a distance.
While at Walmart, he said he allegedly grabbed the “demon” and began stabbing it in the neck and shoulder in an attempt to kill it. However, after the stabbing, he looked down and realized that the victim on the ground was not the “demon” he had thought he saw.
Authorities said Ross was not employed by Walmart and was not known to Drinkwater and had no known interaction with her before the attack.
Ross is being held without bond on a charge of first-degree murder at the Faulkner County Detention Center.
