Video shows teens beat up Texas 7-Eleven clerk for refusing to sell cigar to minor
Police in Texas are searching for a group of teenagers that were filmed attacking two 7-11 clerks who refused to sell a cigar to an underage girl.
According to the Mesquite Police Department, the girl had tried to purchase the tobacco product at the 7-Eleven on Faithon P. Lucas Boulevard on Saturday night but was denied, Fox News reported.
She left the store but returned with several other juveniles around 9 p.m. who then assaulted the employees, cops said.
Video footage of the incident that circulated on social media shows the girl yelling at a clerk behind the counter. Some of the posse can be seen hopping over the counter and hitting the clerk in the face.
Other members of the group can be seen hurling store items at the clerk, the video shows.
Another clerk tried to intervene but was also attacked by the group, according to police.
Both employees suffered injuries to their faces during the assault but they denied any medical attention when police arrived at the store.
Police said no arrests have been made after a group of juveniles attacked two 7-Eleven store clerks on Saturday night. Dallas Texas TV
Police do not have the viral video but confirmed to Fox News that the clip is from this incident.
No arrests have been made, the department said.
Source: New York Post
