ATLANTA — A Midtown convenience store clerk is recovering after being violently attacked with a butterknife around 1 a.m. on Monday.
It happened at the Shell gas station on 14th Street in northwest Atlanta. Witnesses told police the attacker entered the store yelling and "barely making sense of his words."
Then he approached the counter and, according to officials, jumped through the window. Police said once he made it through the window, he began to fight the store clerk. He also used a butter knife to stab the store clerk.
Police said the clerk and his coworker were able to escape the store by trapping the man behind the counter and locking him inside.
Authorities arrived within 30 seconds of receiving the call and were able to apprehend the alleged perpetrator without incident. The clerk had minor cuts and bruises to his head and was taken to a local hospital.
Police said the suspect, who officers later identified as 18-year-old Jareal Natson, made no mention of robbing the gas station.
Officials said they haven't seen anything "like this" in a while.
Natson is also facing charges in another crime where a store clerk was stabbed and a cash register was stolen. Police said that armed robbery, on Marietta Street, happened hours before this gas station attack.
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