Shocking moment Rite Aid pharmacy worker is repeatedly punched by a ‘shoplifter’ after shoving the raging suspect into a wall of products in Detroit
- Two women brawled in a Rite Aid store in Detroit, Michigan, earlier this month
- Comes amid wide-spread stockpiling panic at rapid spread of coronavirus in US
- In the clip, the employee shoves the alleged shoplifter into a wall of products
- The woman responds by pinning the employee to ground and punching her head
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A brawl erupted in a pharmacy as a woman allegedly caught shop lifting savagely punched a sobbing employee who shoved her into a wall of products.
The astonishing incident took place at a Rite Aid store in Detroit, Michigan, and was filmed by an onlooker earlier this month.
It comes amid wide-spread stockpiling after the rapid spread of coronavirus across the country, as 1,700 cases and 41 deaths from the killer bug are confirmed in the US alone.
A Rite-Aid pharmacy worker shoves an alleged shopkeeper into a wall of products in Detroit, Michigan (left). The woman then pins the worker to the ground and punches her head in retaliation (right)
In the clip, the employee shoves the woman, sending her flying into a wall of products and crashing to the floor.
The employee storms away as the alleged shoplifter slowly gets to her feet and pursues her.
The filmer follows the pair and says: ‘Now you can’t just keep putting your hands on her now.’
As the camera rounds the corner into another aisle, the woman has the employee pinned to the floor and is punching her head
The alleged shoplifter swings punches at the employee who is held to the ground by her hair. The employee lets out a desperate sob
The woman – who is now almost sat on the worker’s shoulders – replies: ‘Don’t cry now because this is what the f*** you wanted’
The employee replies: ‘She can’t keep putting her f****** hands in my face.’
As the camera rounds the corner into another aisle, the woman has the employee pinned to the floor and is punching her head.
The filmer says: ‘You should have just left her alone now.’
The alleged shoplifter then climbs onto the woman’s back and starts swinging punches at her head.
Someone shouts ‘oh my god’ and another says ‘cops are on the way’.
The woman continues to punch the shoplifter – who she has trapped to the floor – before the woman lets out a desperate sob.
The woman – who is now almost sat on the worker’s shoulders – replies: ‘Don’t cry now because this is what the f*** you wanted.’
The alleged shoplifter lets the employee go as the worker is escorted to the back by concerned onlookers.
The woman adds: ‘This is what the f*** you wanted, I gave you what the f*** you wanted.’