Police: Shoplifter attacked Berkeley CVS clerk with bear spray

A woman attacked a CVS employee with bear spray, which also hit a nearby customer, after getting kicked out of the North Berkeley store for stealing Wednesday, police said.

A 911 caller first reported the attack at the pharmacy at 1451 Shattuck Ave. shortly after 6 p.m., according to Berkeley police.

The woman, whom a CVS employee recognized as someone who had stolen items before, went to the store with a child; the employee saw her “concealing merchandise in her tote bag” and “told her to leave,” police spokesperson Officer Byron White wrote in an email…

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