An employee at Moon’s Food Store in Lakewood was taken to the hospital after a suspected shoplifter allegedly attacked him with what’s being called a “large machete-style knife.”
Authorities say the situation happened around 6:25 p.m. Thursday at the store, which is located at the corner of Bunts Road and Detroit Avenue.
Upon their arrival at the scene, officers located the worker who had a 3-4” vertical laceration on his face.
“Officers learned that the employee had confronted a possible shoplifted and escorted him out of the store,” according to a press release from Lakewood police.
That's when the situation took a turn.
"The employee and a witness stated that as the physical altercation began, the shoplifter pulled out a large 'machete' style knife and began swinging it, striking the employee in the face," according to the press release.
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