A hit-and-run suspect was arrested after a confrontation between a shoplifter and a store clerk in Kent led to a victim being intentionally struck by a vehicle in the parking lot on Sept. 16.

At approximately 7:52 p.m., Kent Police Department (KPD) officers responded to the EZ Smoke Shop at 26022 Pacific Highway S. for a reported assault, KPD announced .

The 911 call indicated a man had been assaulted in the parking lot, and the suspect fled the scene in a vehicle.

Officers learned after their arrival that the victim was the store clerk, a 58-year-old man from Covington, of the smoke shop.

Witnesses revealed that the suspect attempted to shoplift items from the store and was confronted by the store clerk. The suspect refused to return the item, which began a brief altercation in the

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