Crime & Safety
Woman Attacked At Marina Del Rey Home Depot: Report
A woman and her friend were accosted after a shopper reportedly asked for six feet of social distance.
MARINA DEL REY, CA — A woman told ABC7 that she and her friend were accosted at a Marina Del Rey Home Depot after a shopper asked for six feet of social distance.
The pair were waiting in line at a self-checkout station when another woman asked them to give her six feet. Once they backed away, the woman asked them "if they had something to say," the victim, only identified as Kaila, told ABC7.
The shopper then reportedly grabbed Kaila by her hair and started punching her in the head.
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A few people pulled the shopper off of Kaila before she could call the police.
"Everyone just seemed stunned," Kaila told the station. "My friend, who was trying to call for help or ask anyone around us to help us, started walking towards the exit and that's when the lady ran back inside and she attacked my friend as well before she finally left for good."
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