Surveillance video captured a brutal assault at a convenience store in Cobb County.
It happened late Sunday night at the Chevron station on Atlanta Road in Smyrna.
The store manager showed the video to Channel 2’s Ross Cavitt, hoping it will help identify the man.
The cameras from inside the store show the man calmly walk inside, toss some money on the county and then mutter something the clerk couldn’t understand. After just a few seconds, the man appears to get agitated, pulling his fists up into boxing mode and punching into the air.
The man then turns to a worker with a mop standing nearby and punches him several times as the worker tries to run away.
Another camera then shows the man go behind the counter, knock down the clerk and punch him multiple times.
Police say the man didn’t steal anything, except taking the cash he’d placed on the counter to pay for gas.
“It’s pretty tragic and pretty sad because they're very nice gentleman,” said customer Dale Reid.
Reid said he was shocked to hear about the attack because the workers are always cheerful and certainly non-combative.
“Really nice, courteous. It always seemed like a really nice place,” Reid said.
One of the victims had to go to the hospital to be checked out. The manager then showed the video to all the other employees in the store and nobody had seen that man in the store before.
Police are trying to identify the attacker. Store workers say they hope that finding the man will prevent it from happening again, and even help them to understand why it happened.
“Maybe he might have singled them out because they are foreign. You really don't know, maybe he wanted to get some aggression out,” said customer Sarah Awoyomi.
The man is facing assault charges. If you have any information please call Cobb County police at (770) 499-3900.
