Armed security officer injured during scuffle in Highland Park supermarket
HIGHLAND PARK, Mich. March 3, 2022
A retail armed security guard was assaulted, his firearm wrestled from him, and he was injured at a supermarket on Tuesday, according to police.
It all happened inside the Glory Supermarket according to authorities.
Police said the suspect grabbed the armed security guard from behind and wrestled him to the ground in an attempt to grab his weapon Several gunshots were fired during the struggle.
“Some random guy had come up behind the security guard and was pretending like he’s an undercover cop; he was grabbing him,” said store clerk Cindy Martinez.
“Next thing you know, they all had got to the ground, and he had shot the gun, but it didn’t hit him.”
Highland Park police soon arrived and began their investigation as the security guard was wheeled out on a stretcher into a waiting ambulance.
He wasn’t shot, but we’re told he was injured in the scuffle police said.
Wright says the armed security guard works for him.
A police source and Highland Park Mayor Hubert Yopp told Local 4 News that a customer intervened and was able to help get the man under control until police arrived.
“The police did apprehend the guy, and he’s in custody,” Wright said.
