Shoplifter threatens to give Durham shoe store employee HIV with syringe
DURHAM, N.C. October 29 2019 A customer carrying a medical syringe threatened to give an employee HIV at a Durham shoe store Monday night.
The altercation began when an employee noticed the customer stealing merchandise at a New Balance store at The Streets at Southpoint on Fayetteville Street.
When the employee confronted the suspect, they pulled out a syringe and threatened to give the employee HIV, according to Durham Police Department.
It’s the second such report that police have recently logged.
The incident was recorded as an armed robbery because of the use of a syringe as a weapon.
Police have not reported any arrests in these incidents.
