What to Know
- A masked, hammer-wielding man beat a New Jersey gas station employee after demanding cash, surveillance video shows
- In an interview with News 4, the employee recounted being thrown to the ground by the attacker and said he handed over around $400 in cash
- The employee was treated at the hospital, but returned to work hours later. The suspect is still at large
A masked, hammer-wielding man beat a New Jersey gas station employee after demanding cash, surveillance video shows.
The robber went into the gas station in Wallington around 7:40 a.m. Tuesday, the Lyndhurst Daily Voice reported.
After the man walked into the station, he knocked over an employee who was sitting in a chair, beat him and demanded cash, the video shows.
The employee recounted being thrown to the ground by the attacker in an interview with News 4.
“Whatever money I had, I [gave] him,” the employee said, noting that he pulled around $400 in cash from his pockets and handed it over.
The masked man, however, demanded more money and got increasingly aggressive, the employee recalled.
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At one point during the robbery, the man tried to beat a back door open with the hammer.
The employee was treated at the hospital, but returned to work hours later.
He told News 4 he was shaken up by the robbery, but regretted letting the man get away. “I’m so sorry I [could not] control him,” he said. “I feel bad.”
Police are now searching for the suspect.
