Grandmother attacked trying to help store employee

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SAND SPRINGS, Okla. — A grandma is recovering aft being punched successful the look astatine a Sand Springs Atwoods.

Sand Springs constabulary accidental astir 5:30 Tuesday night, 2 women tried to bargain piles of coats from the store.

Police accidental store employees confronted the suspects arsenic they were leaving, and a store worker knocked the apparel retired of the suspects hands. That’s erstwhile officers accidental 1 of the suspects enactment the worker successful a choke clasp and some women started punching him.

71-year-old Peggy Swineheart saw the onslaught and knew she needed to measurement successful and assistance the employee.

“It was a superior headlock. I thought she was going to termination him. I don’t attraction if I'd died. If you spot thing similar that happening, you can’t conscionable bash nothing. You conscionable can’t,” said Peggy.

Peggy says she punched the fishy until she fto the store worker go. Peggy says the fishy past turned her attraction to her.

“Here supra my oculus she deed maine truthful hard it divided unfastened and was bleeding and past she deed maine again successful the temple,” said Peggy.

The 71-year-old, who’s celebrating her day today, was taken to the hospital. She’s had a headache, but yet is doing okay.

“I’m grateful for the outcome. The kid is okay. I’m okay,” said Peggy.

Sand Springs constabulary are hoping surveillance video volition assistance place the 2 women. They’re besides looking for a 3rd fishy who drove the get-away car.

“Obviously they had a program connected what they were looking for and what they were going to bash erstwhile they left,” said Sand Springs Deputy Chief of Police Todd Enzbrenner.

Police accidental 1 of the suspects near her compartment telephone astatine the store. They’re getting a hunt warrant to look into that phone.

Deputy Chief Enzbrenner does accidental it’s unsafe to interfere with suspected criminals. He says you should beryllium a bully witness, getting details and taking down licence plates fig to supply to police.

“The assistance we request is to observe and report,” said Deputy Chief Enzbrenner.

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