This story is fishy. My guess is none of the people in the store witnessed the crime. If they didn't witness it, it's simply another drunk person with injuries crawling around a convenience store (which is more frequent than you think). There was probably a misunderstanding about what was happening. This combined with many people's fear of being involved with something serious makes it plausible. Stupid, but explainable.
Now...if these people witnessed the crime and knew for a fact that she had just been stabbed, then that's an entirely different situation. They can probably be charged criminally if they witnessed the crime.
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