Hemet woman fatally stabbed after reportedly confronting people using drugs outside her home

A Riverside County woman was stabbed to death Monday night, reportedly after asking two people to stop using drugs outside her children’s bedroom, according to her family.

At 12:35 a.m., the Hemet Police Department responded to a report of a stabbing in the 1000 block of South Gilbert Street. Upon arriving, officers found a woman who had been stabbed multiple times, according to authorities.

The victim was taken to a hospital where she later died, police said. She was identified as 28-year-old Shawna Weems by her husband, Cody.

Hemet police arrested Autumn Goodwin, 27, on Friday morning while serving a search warrant in the 600 block of Vista Del Monte. She was booked on suspicion of homicide and her bail was set at $1 million, police said.

Police did not elaborate on what may have led to the stabbing, but Weems’ family told NBC Los Angeles that she had asked a man and a woman to stop using drugs outside her children’s bedroom and leave the area.

Cody Weems told the station that the woman pulled out a knife during the confrontation and stabbed his wife multiple times.

Reached by The Times on Friday, Cody Weems said he did not want to talk about the stabbing.

A GoFundMe account has been created for the mother of three. More than $15,000 had been raised as of Friday night.

“Her children will now be forced to grow up without a mom,” the campaign post reads. “Her husband Cody Weems is trying to pick up the pieces.”

Times staff writer Jeremy Childs contributed to this report.