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Kelvin Fuller, 19, of Collinsville, was charged Thursday with attempted first-degree murder and two counts of aggravated battery. He was in custody at the Madison County jail, Collinsville police said.

A woman was working at a Collinsville Walmart deli counter on Wednesday afternoon when the attack happened, police said. The store is located at 1040 Collinsville Crossing.

Several witnesses and a video showed the woman standing behind the deli counter talking to another employee when Fuller came up from behind her and dragged a knife across her neck, charging documents say.

She pulled away, police say, and Fuller then stabbed her repeated in the back of the neck, shoulder and body. 

Employees and customers are seen in the video trying to intervene before Fuller flees, police say.

Officers found him nearby and seized a knife, court documents say. 

Police say Fuller admitted to bringing the knife and a pair of black gloves to work. The teenager told officers he put the gloves on when he felt "disrespected" by the woman, who was a newer employee.

"He admitted to putting the knife to the victim's neck and admitted he 'kept going after that,' estimating he stabbed her approximately five times," charging documents say.

Fuller told police he did not think the woman would survive the stabbing wounds, the documents say.

The woman required multiple surgeries and stitches, police said. She is expected to survive.

Fuller was scheduled for a hearing Friday afternoon where his pretrial release would be discussed. 

Illinois stopped using cash bail in 2023, so defendants are either held without bail or released from jail as their case moves through the court system.