A store clerk who tried to stop a man from stealing a third time in one day was set on fire during the confrontation.
Surveillance video captured the moment a man poured lighter fluid on the worker and set him on fire.
The attack left Suraj, who declined to share his last name for safety reasons, with second and third-degree burns on his face, neck, chest and shoulder.
He has been hospitalized since Sept. 22.
Exactly! What is being stolen is not yours, you aren’t law enforcement, you aren’t trained, and you don’t know what the thief is going through or willing to do to you.
Which is why when I was in retail we instructed employees to mention when we saw people stealing but to not directly intervene.