A man who was attempting to steal a phone from a Walmart store in
South Union Township has been caught after he had to be taken to
hospital because he had stabbed himself with a large knife. David Lee
was using the blade to get the phone from a shelf and to remove security
tags but had somehow managed to wound his own arm with the knife.
Realizing
that he was bleeding heavily, staff approached the 46-year-old to help,
however Lee simply pulled a towel from a shelf and wrapped his arm in
it. He later drove to Uniontown Hospital where doctors ordered him to be
airlifted to UPMC Presbyterian Hospital as his injury was serious.
Police
were able to track down Lee after staff noticed that a phone had been
stolen from the store. They intend to charge him with retail theft and
disorderly conduct. Meanwhile, a hazmat team had to be called to the
building to clean up the large amount of blood left behind.
“I didn’t think he’d ever try that big of a stunt,” said Patty Lee, the suspect’s mother. “I don’t know where he’s going to end up at.”
She also explained how Lee was addicted to heroin and that he isn’t
likely to suffer any permanent damage from the knife wound.
