Surveillance videos outside the store show the suspect taking a sledgehammer from his cart and hitting an elderly employee, police said.
DURHAM, N.C. — A Lowe’s employee is recovering after police said a shoplifter hit him with a sledgehammer.
Durham Police say outside cameras recorded a man taking a sledgehammer out of his cart and striking an elderly employee. The employee fell to the ground, and the man accused of hitting him was seen running out of the store with a drill set box in his hands.
Another employee told WRAL News it’s been hard for him to walk into the store since it happened. He asked that his identity be hidden out of fear of losing his job.
“I didn’t realize until I stepped a little closer and saw he was in a red vest and lying in his pool of blood from his injury. It was shocking and very scary,” described the employee.
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