Boy, 3, who was slashed by woman in Walmart parking lot issued heartbreaking request at hospital

31-year-old Noemi Guzman was shot dead by police after attacking 3-year-old Cyler with a knife at a Walmart parking lot in Omaha, Nebraska. Now, the boy’s father, Casey Hillman, has spoken out about his son’s bravery during the horrifying attack, sharing the heartbreaking question he asked at the hospital.

It was on the morning of Tuesday, April 14, when officers from the Omaha Police Department responded to a Walmart parking lot in Omaha, Nebraska. On their Facebook page, the police department explained how a woman armed with a “large kitchen knife” had taken a young child.

She was later identified as 31-year-old Noemi Guzman.

“Ms. Guzman was making multiple threats with the knife. Officers gave multiple verbal commands for Ms. Guzman to drop the knife. She refused to drop the weapon and cut the boy,” the police wrote.

“The two patrol officers fired their service weapons striking Ms. Guzman. The child’s guardian, along with a bystander, immediately removed the child from the cart and rendered aid to him. Officers began lifesaving measures on Ms. Guzman; however, she was pronounced dead at the scene.”

Store surveillance footage showed how Noemi Guzman had shoplifted the knife from inside the Walmart.