Irish Channel community members rallied this week in support of “the nicest person in the world” — a beloved Nick’s Supermarket clerk who was critically injured in a machete attack after confronting an alleged shoplifter Monday morning.
“The neighborhood reveres the guy. He’s a great human being running the store,” longtime customer Sam Scofield said. “For someone to do that to this guy is heartbreaking.”
A GoFundMe launched by the clerk’s family members to cover medical expenses swiftly surpassed its initial $5,500 goal and had raised more than $12,000 by Thursday afternoon.
According to NOPD, the attack occurred around 10:55 a.m. Monday when the clerk confronted Roy Holmes Jr. about shoplifting…