In the early hours of July 15, 2025, a quiet Miami night erupted into violence at a 7-Eleven gas station in the heart of Liberty City. What began as a planned fistfight between two former friends spiraled into a shocking crime that would grip South Florida and beyond. Shakia Travon Jenkins, a 29-year-old Houston native with ties to Miami, now stands at the center of a chilling saga, charged with attempted murder after allegedly stabbing her ex-friend, Shantell, in the face—and then taking to social media to laugh about it.
The roots of this brutal encounter trace back to a fractured friendship. Shakia and Shantell, who first connected through social media in 2023, were once close. But their bond unraveled after a heated argument at a Valentine’s Day party in 2024, sowing the seeds of animosity. That simmering tension exploded when the two crossed paths at Uncut Miami, a lively nightclub and hookah lounge in North Miami Beach. Their confrontation at the club was so intense that staff escorted them out, but the conflict was far from over. Fueling their feud on Instagram Live, the women agreed to settle their differences with a physical fight at the 7-Eleven located at 690 NW 79th Street.
What Shantell didn’t know was that Shakia had come prepared for more than a brawl. Concealed within her wig was a knife, a hidden weapon that would soon turn a fistfight into a near-fatal assault. As the two women clashed in the gas station parking lot around 2:30 a.m., Shantell suddenly felt a sharp pain—a blade slicing into her face. “She’s stabbing me!” she cried out, as documented in a bystander’s video. Bleeding and desperate, Shantell managed to escape, driving herself to the nearby Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office Northside District station to seek help.
While Shantell fought for her life, Shakia took to social media with a chilling bravado. In an Instagram Live video, she brazenly bragged about the attack, declaring, “I stabbed that ho, call me Chucky and Michael Myers!” The horror movie references, evoking the infamous killer doll and the masked slasher, underscored the unsettling glee with which she recounted the crime. In one video, Shakia even boasted about hiding the knife in her wig, taunting, “Stabbed that ho and then, stabbed that ho and then,” before threatening others with, “OK, so who else wants—you want to get stabbed next, b—-?” Her audacity didn’t stop there. On Facebook Live, she continued to mock Shantell, expressing regret not for the act itself but for failing to kill her, stating, “I would have been happy, smiling on my mugshot knowing you good and dead and not coming back.”
In a bizarre twist, Shakia drew inspiration from another violent case, comparing herself to Afeni Muhammad, a woman charged with fatally stabbing her McDonald’s manager. She even changed her Facebook profile picture to Muhammad’s mugshot, as if claiming a twisted kinship with the accused killer. Shakia’s online rants painted a portrait of a woman reveling in her actions, unapologetic and defiant, as she proclaimed, “I ain’t sorry, b—-. At all. I’ll do it again.”
But her attempt to flee the consequences was short-lived. Announcing her plan to return to Houston, Shakia was apprehended by detectives at Miami International Airport as she waited to board a flight. Her arrest on August 1, 2025, marked the end of her brazen escape attempt and the beginning of a legal battle that has captivated the public. Now held without bond at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center, Shakia faces a slew of serious charges: attempted first-degree murder, making written or electronic threats to kill or do bodily injury, and possession of a weapon by a convicted felon, stemming from prior convictions for grand theft in Florida and fraud in Texas.
The evidence against Shakia is damning. Shantell provided police with the bystander’s video of the attack and recordings of Shakia’s incriminating social media posts, which have become central to the case. In one particularly haunting TikTok video, Shakia allegedly admitted to trying to stab Shantell in the brain, while in another, she expressed a desire to have shot her instead. “I’m mad, I don’t even have an appetite,” she reportedly said in a screen recording. “I thought that ho was going to be the appetizer.” These chilling statements, coupled with the physical evidence, paint a grim picture of intent and malice.
As Shakia awaits her day in court, the case has sparked outrage and fascination, raising questions about the intersection of social media and crime. Her decision to broadcast her actions, likening herself to horror icons, has left a community shaken and a nation gripped by the audacity of her boasts. For Shantell, who survived the attack, the scars—both physical and emotional—serve as a stark reminder of a friendship turned deadly. For Shakia Jenkins, the self-proclaimed “Chucky,” the consequences of her actions are only beginning to unfold in a Miami courtroom.
