MIAMI (WSVN) – A person mentioned he was attacked at his native Walgreens retailer after he intervened in the course of a buyer dispute with a cashier.
Manny Casabielle, 68, confirmed 7News his bruises on Monday after he was pushed into the shop’s metallic cabinets.
He mentioned all of it occurred Sunday night time on the retailer, which is situated at 200 SW thirteenth Avenue in Miami’s Brickell neighborhood.
Casabielle walked inside the shop and noticed a person on the register getting out of line with an worker.
“Very loudly, very animated man. He clearly was by some means impaired,” mentioned Casabielle.
He mentioned the upset man was cursing on the cashier.
“His actions grew to become progressively extra aggressive,” he mentioned. “And in addition referring to her as (expletive) and telling her she’s nothing and mainly degrading her. I believed that it might escalate to the purpose that he was going to succeed in throughout the counter and harm the cashier.”
That’s when surveillance video exhibits the 68-year-old approaching the person. The irate man will get in Casabielle’s face, grabs him by the neck and pushes him in opposition to the cabinets.
“He grabbed me by the neck because the video exhibits and threw me up in opposition to one of many shelving at Walgreens,” mentioned Casabielle.
As he recovered from what had occurred, the person pushed him once more after which took off.
“By the point police bought there, this man had left,” mentioned Casabielle.
Miami Police at the moment are on the lookout for the person after chatting with the sufferer and acquiring the surveillance video.
Casabielle mentioned he wasn’t on the lookout for a battle and was solely on the retailer to select up his medicine after he underwent coronary heart surgical procedure just a few weeks again.
Now, he’s hoping somebody can assist police of their search earlier than the person takes his anger out on another person.
“I spoke to the supervisor. This man had been at Walgreens earlier than. The identical particular person had carried out the identical factor earlier than,” he mentioned. “One thing ought to be carried out.”
Casabielle mentioned the person is stocky and seems to be in his 40s.
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