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Video: Shoplifting suspect assaults man with ax after he offers to pay for the suspect’s items

Kisu Brown was arrested and charged with attempted murder

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Authorities have released a surveillance image of the suspect.

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Editor’s note: The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department wrote on Facebook that Kisu Brown was arrested Tuesday without incident. He was charged with attempted murder.

By Police1 Staff

LOS ANGELES — Police said a man who offered to pay for a shoplifting suspect’s items was attacked with an ax.

The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department told CBS LA that a suspect was stealing the items from a 7-Eleven Saturday when a man offered to pay for them.

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The suspect became upset and began arguing with the man. Police said the suspect then attacked the man with an ax, striking him in the head several times. The suspect fled on foot. The victim was transported to the hospital with undisclosed injuries.

Authorities have released a surveillance image of the suspect. He is considered armed and dangerous. The public should call 911 with any information regarding his whereabouts.