RFP Staff
♦ At slightly after 6 p.m. this evening an elderly woman was knocked to the asphalt in Lowe’s parking lot during a mugging at 207 Faith Road. One of the muggers, described as a Black teenager, tore the woman’s purse out of her grasp and took off running with a bystander in pursuit. A few hundred yards away the bystander hammered the purse snatcher to the ground and pinned him there while an onlooker called 911.
A Salisbury Police car pulled up a short time later. Officers handcuffed the mugger and his lookout accomplice who unwisely stayed in the area.
The woman, stunned by the assault, suffered a minor lump on her head and returned to her car in handicapped parking.
The muggers’ names were not yet released. Their charges are unknown at this time.
**This article will be updated as soon additional information is available.**
