Walgreens employee accused of stabbing shoplifter in the eye
Friday 21 March 2025 12:16 GMT
A Walgreens employee is behind bars on assault with a deadly weapon charges in San Francisco after he was accused of stabbing a would-be shoplifter in the eye.
In the early hours of Wednesday, police in San Francisco say that Larry Whitlock, 30, left the drugstore along Castro Way without paying for his goods. Surveillance video shows a worker named Guang Hong, 45, chasing him onto the street. The two exchange words during a standoff.
Hong goes back into the store while Whitlock remains outside. Minutes later, Hong returns, and the pair exchange words again. Whitlock lunges at Hong, and the staffer throws his arms at the alleged thief, causing him to fall to the ground, holding his face. Hong appears to kick Whitlock before going back inside the store. In the video, Hong can be seen wearing a blue Walgreens smock.
Whitlock remains in the area, and Hong once again comes outside. The two walk out of the frame. It was around 20 minutes after the original altercation when police were called to the scene after receiving a report about a stabbing. That particular store is open 24 hours, the only one of its kind in the city.