La. FF stops knife attack on store clerk, detains suspect until police arrive

When the attack began, another store employee ran out to get the Baton Rouge firefighter who had just left the store and was about to get in his vehicle

February 07, 2022 12:19 PM

Ellyn Couvillion
The Advocate, Baton Rouge

BATON ROUGE, La. — A man is in custody after stabbing and wounding a convenience store employee on Sunday; a Baton Rouge firefighter who was at the store intervened and held the suspect until an officer arrived, the East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office said.

At about 5:30 p.m., a man behaving erratically in a B-Quik convenience store on Greenwell Springs Road walked behind the counter, pulled out a knife and began to cut and stab the store clerk, said Casey Rayborn Hicks, Sheriff’s Office spokesperson.

Another store employee ran out of the store to get help from a Baton Rouge firefighter who had just left the store after shopping there and was going back to his vehicle.

The firefighter returned to the store, stopped the attack and held the suspect down so that the clerk could get away and until law enforcement could get there, Justin Hill, spokesperson with the Baton Rouge Fire Department said.

Responding deputies arrested the suspect, who has not yet been identified.

The injuries to the clerk were non-life-threatening, Hicks said.

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