CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - Detectives from the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department are working to identify two people involved in an alleged theft and assault.

According to police, the assault happened Monday, Oct. 20, at the Food Lion located at in the 2200 block of Park Road.

According to Detective Ashley Phillips, two people were in the self-checkout area of the store attempting to steal items when an 18-year-old Food Lion employee confronted them.

Surveillance footage showed one of the alleged thieves going face-to-face with the employee and walking the employee into a back room in the store.

Video footage from a separate camera showed the man attacking the employee in the back room of the store. Another shopper in the Food Lion tried to stop the fray.

The surveillance footage t

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