SAN ANTONIO – A man cut a clerk with a box cutter during a robbery at an East Side convenience store on Tuesday morning, according to San Antonio police.
The incident happened at 5:30 a.m. in the 1700 block of N. New Braunfels Ave., near Interstate 35.
According to a preliminary report from SAPD, a man went into the store and appeared to place a canned drink inside his bag.
When the clerk confronted the man and told him to return the drink, the man denied that he stole it.
The clerk took the drink out of the bag and told the man to leave, police said.
The man then grabbed a candy bar and ate it before stealing more items on his way out of the store.
While outside, the man threw a piece of firewood at the front glass door and kicked it, causing it to shatter.
The man then pulled out a box cutter and swung it at the clerk, hitting him in his hand, police said.
The clerk’s injuries were not life-threatening.
The robbery suspect, believed to be in his 50s, fled toward Interstate 35 and he was not located.
Police said they are investigating the incident as an aggravated robbery.