Safeway employee slashed with an axe trying to stop a shoplifter

WASHINGTON — A man is in custody for assaulting a grocery store employee with an axe.

On Friday, Andrew Spielman entered a Safeway grocery store along Piney Branch Road just before 10 p.m. According to police, Spielman began placing multiple grocery items inside a backpack before being confronted by an employee.

According to a police report, the two began arguing, and that led to them getting into a fight. Spielman then takes an axe and slashes the employee, leaving him with serious injuries…

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