BALLWIN, Mo. (KMOX) - A Menards employee in St. Louis County is in critical condition after being hit by a shoplifting suspect as she was fleeing the scene in her vehicle. The victim suffered a head wound and was taken to a local hospital for life-saving treatment, police say.
St. Louis County Police say Wednesday night at the store at 14161 Manchester Road in Ballwin, a woman with five kids entered the store and walked out with a cart full of merchandise that wasn't paid for. Police say one of the children was pushing the cart out of the store and towards the suspect's white vehicle.
A bystander in the parking lot approached and took a picture of the woman's license plate - she attacked him, grabbed his phone and jumped in her car to drive away. The suspect then hit a female employee with her vehicle and fled the scene, according to police.
The victim who was hit with the suspect's vehicle remains at a hospital in critical but stable condition.
Anyone with information is asked to call the St. Louis County Police Department at 636-529-8210 to speak to investigators.