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Woman with knife chased fifth-grader over playground dispute, police say

A woman chased a fifth-grade boy around a parking lot with a knife after he and her daughter got into an argument at the playground, police said.

Boca Raton police arrested Shakella Quinn, 27, on Wednesday.

It all began after Quinn's daughter, whose age was not released, and the boy, 11, got into an argument at the playground and Quinn's daughter complained to her mother, according to an arrest report.

A group of boys who witnessed the event told police Quinn came out of her apartment with a knife in her hand and started chasing the boy.