Fry’s Food Store security officer injured by knife throwing suspect
PHOENIX AZ Aug 18 2018 – A Fry’s security guard was hit in the back by a knife-throwing suspect in Phoenix.
Phoenix police report that on August 12, a security guard at the Fry’s Food Store, near 32nd Street and Thomas Road, watched a man get off a bicycle and enter the store.
He later saw another man, later identified as 35-year-old Guadalupe Torres, attempt to steal the bike.
The guard grabbed the bike and was walking away when Torres allegedly took out a knife and threw at him, hitting him in the back.
Police say the guard suffered a one-inch cut on his back. Torres was located and arrested by police a couple of blocks away.
Fry’s management provided police with a surveillance video recording of the assault.
Torres has been charged with aggravated assault.
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