Deputies responded to an assault report in the 10400 block of Fanny Brown Road, near Raleigh.
The wife said she saw her husband take two syringes from his bag and "attempt to use them on her, but she was able to get them away from him," the documents said.
Police said the incident happened at the Walmart on Kildaire Farm Road.
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