FALL RIVER, Mass. (WPRI) — Police have arrested a former American Cruise Lines employee after she reportedly assaulted one of her former coworkers in Fall River.

Officers were called to the Fall River Port Authority off Water Street Thursday night for a disturbance aboard a ship.

An investigation revealed that a recently terminated employee, identified by police as 33-year-old Shatericka Turman, had assaulted a former coworker with a letter opener.

The victim suffered a minor forehead injury as a result of the attack, which was caught on surveillance footage. Police said another employee who intervened suffered a small lip cut as well.

Other workers on the ship restrained Turman until officers arrived and took her into custody, according to police.

Turman has been charged with assault

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