NYC shoplifter slashes 63-year-old security guard at CVS
New York City NY June 20 2023 A shoplifter slashed a 63-year-old security guard in the face late Monday at an Upper East Side CVS — where workers are told just to be “extra friendly’’ in hopes potential shoplifters will think twice about stealing.
The armed thief was swiping an electric razor and other shaving items – including blades and creams – from a shelf and stashing them in his backpack in the convenience store on East 86th Street near Second Avenue around 11:30 p.m. when the guard tried to stop him, police said.
The suspect whipped out a knife and slashed the employee just below the left eye, authorities said.
The wounded worker was taken to Weill Cornell Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries, cops said.
