Ferguson Hot Dog Vendor at Home Depot Robbed and Beaten With Hammer for His Cell Phone

By: Rachel Pulaski

A hot dog vendor at a Ferguson Home Depot was robbed of his cellphone and struck in the head with a hammer by four shoplifters. The incident occurred around 3 p.m on Wednesday.  The Home Depot is located in St. Louis County at the 10900 block of New Halls Ferry Road.   According the CBS St Louis, “the suspects are black men in their early 20s. Two of the suspects were wearing white t-shirts, one had a plaid shirt. The fourth was wearing a blue shirt and had his right arm in a cast.”

KMOV St Louis reported:

Authorities said the hot dog vendor was standing at the front entrance of the Home Depot in the 10900 block of New Halls Ferry Rd. around 3 p.m. when four shoplifters walked by and swiped his cell phone.

Police said the vendor chased them out of the store, but was struck in the head with a hammer one of the suspects had stolen. The suspects then got in a car and drove away.

The bloodied victim was transported to the hospital with serious injuries.

Authorities were looking at surveillance video to help identify the suspects.

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Anyone who can identify the assailants please call the Ferguson Police Department Detective Bureau at 314-522-3100. Or call Crime Stoppers at (866) 371-TIPS (8477

 

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