VALLEJO, Calif. - A Vallejo woman is being praised for her bravery after she intervened in a violent stabbing attack. But her courageous act came at a cost: the suspect stole her car as he fled the scene.

Amanda Williams, a single mother, was on her way to get coffee before starting a DoorDash shift when she came across a horrifying scene on Miller Avenue near Georgia Street, just after 9 a.m. on August 11.

She saw a man on the ground, bleeding and pleading for help, as another man stood over him holding two knives.

"I noticed he had knives in his hand, so then I started to get worried," she said. "I started yelling, ‘Hey, I’m going to call the police,’ and he had yelled at me, he said, ‘Hey, get out of here.’"

"He went back to go and stab the guy in the head, and that’s when I aut

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