Suspect identified in stabbing at Fort Myers 7-Eleven

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Allyson Landreth. CREDIT: Lee County Sheriff’s Office

We have received the identity of the woman accused of stabbing another outside of a Fort Myers 7-Eleven gas station on Friday evening.

Allyson Landreth was arrested Saturday night for aggravated battery with a deadly weapon against Rachel Harper.

Harper thought she was meeting her ex-boyfriend and his new girlfriend to exchange belongings, but when she got to the 7-Eleven on Hayley Lane, near Summerlin Road and Boy Scout Drive, officers said Landreth violently attacked Harper, stabbing her multiple times.

Harper told us she’s a regular at the 7-Eleven and thought it would be a safe place to meet.

“She threw so many attempts to strike my neck, my stomach. She got me deep down to the bone on my arm,” said Harper. “I have a little son. I have an eight-year-old, and I thought that was it for me.”

Thankfully for Harper, one employee from 7-Eleven stepped in to help, which resulted in her attacker fleeing the scene.

She told WINK News things could have been much worse than stabs to her arm if it weren’t for their help.

Harper also said she needs multiple stitches in her arm, and she will be pressing charges.

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