LAS VEGAS (KTNV)– Video has emerged of staff members at a Las Vegas valley Filipino supermarket allegedly getting attacked by a guy they state declined to use a mask after getting in the store.
Hes captured on electronic camera striking one clerk with a shopping cart.
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Shop supervisor Robert Gamboa saw the fight unfold last Thursday. He says everything began when the man entered the shop without using one.
A clerk overtook him informing him the shops obligatory mask policy and offered him one. He states the male declined and then started inquiring about phone battery chargers prior to becoming agitated.
” But this person was actually mad, and he struck my cashier with a cart, a pushcart on her right hip,” he stated.
Gamboa states the guy then challenged other employees that concerned defend the clerk and swung at them.
The guy eventually went outside where employees state he got into a scuffle in the parking area with who they think was his girlfriend.
A client called 911 and staff members state the guy was ultimately apprehended by LVMPD officers. 13 Action News has a request out to the authorities to find out more on the incident.
Gamboa states the clerk that was struck by the cart suffered minor contusions.
” Now theyre okay. Theyre back to work, but still, theyre in trauma, specifically my cashier since shes the one truly affected,” he said.
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Island Pacific authorities state this is the very first time a physical fight took place over its mask policy, but their employees at other stores have actually been challenged by some customers refusing to use a mask with racial slurs and language.
” There is a lot of tension because of our race, but we ask people not to associate this virus with our community,” Giselle Tongi-Walters, communications and neighborhood collaboration director for Island Pacific Supermarkets, said.
They state the policy is meant to secure everybody inside the store as they shop.
” Its so crucial that we interact as a community and be accountable, and what were doing is no various than any of the companies in the location.”
Gamboa states the vast bulk of customers have actually abided by no issues.
“Our priority is for the defense of our customers and for our personnel. Thats our concern,” he said.
Man caught on camera allegedly assaulting Island Pacific Supermarket employees – KTNV Las Vegas
