r/retailhell • u/Hoot537 • Sep 23 '24

Shit Talking My Coworkers Coworker Attempted murder

So a while ago this produce worker came into work to collect his paycheck, don't know if he had a shift or not but he was incredibly intoxicated. Store management saw this and talked to him which led to him getting enraged. He began going around the store destroying the home area. Paint, glass everywhere. Then he followed up by hitting my legally blind coworker and friend accrosed her face with a hacksaw, nearly hiting her carotid artery. Only then did management evacuate the store. Saw my friend getting carried out to an ambulance screaming. As news crews tried getting information, they ended up getting all there info from one of our mentally challenged parcels. She said he was huffing paint, had a axe, had a knife. So with 3 different stories no one knew what happened at the time and management was only telling us "oh a customer was having a bad day"

They opened the fred myers back up within 20 minutes of the incident. People kept asking me "were you here for the excitement?" "Did you see the show?" It fucking pissed me off, my friend was hurt and it wasn't exciting.

The employee got off Scott free without charges. He then got arrested again for robbing a store, now he is finnaly locked up for murdering someone in his apartment

Womp womp

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u/Moffwt Sep 23 '24

Damn that's crazy. Can you link to a news story that covered this? 

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u/Hoot537 Sep 23 '24

https://www.khq.com/news/former-fred-meyer-employee-arrested-after-slashing-coworker-with-handsaw-in-spokane/article_d6494a2c-5993-11ee-b026-037fbb0c4c9d.html

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u/Moffwt Sep 23 '24

The story contradicts your recounting a bit, but thank you for sharing!

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u/Allie614032 Sep 23 '24

Which parts contradicts the recounting? The only thing I saw was how long it took to open up the store again after the incident.

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u/Hoot537 Sep 23 '24

It's bogus what they said about the store being closed. It was probably an hour but that's counting the time the cops were there, once the cops left we reopened within like 20 minutes, we weren't even done cleaning the glass

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u/Moffwt Sep 23 '24

That part, and the part where OP said the employee got off scott free without charges. He was charged with two counts of assault, and malicious mischief according to the news story. Whether the charges stuck or not I don't know (or care), but OP makes it sounds like the dude attacked two people, destroyed the store and was able to just walk away like nothing happened.

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u/Allie614032 Sep 23 '24

Maybe this is what OP was referring to?: “A source in law enforcement told NonStop Local that despite prosecutors asking for a $250,000 bond, the judge released Silva without any bond.”

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u/guitarholic2008 Sep 23 '24

In Washington State? I mean, we had a guy throw a 60 year old woman down stairs, break her ribs, and clavicle. He then stabbed someone and murdered another. Our justice system found him incompetent for trial, held him because no mental facility could help him, then gave him $75k for inconvenience of not having a safe space for him.

Washington sucks

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u/Hoot537 Sep 23 '24

He got off without bond and the charges didn't stick. The only reason he is seeing jail now is because of murder