Man terrorizes customers with machete at Dollar General store, South Carolina cops say
A man was armed with a machete as he threatened to hurt customers at a Dollar General in South Carolina, officials said.
The suspect — identified as 28-year-old Semaj Iman Wilson — is also accused of using a machete to cut a man in the parking lot of the store in Summerville, the Dorchester County Sheriff’s Office said Monday in a news release.
After the attack, the man was “bleeding profusely” and given a tourniquet to help stop the blood flow in his arm, the sheriff’s office said in an incident report.
No attorney information was listed for Wilson, and a Facebook user believed to be him didn’t immediately respond to McClatchy News’ request for comment Wednesday.
The sheriff’s office said it responded about 4 p.m. Monday to a Dollar General on West Fifth North Street, roughly 30 miles northwest of Charleston.
An EMS crew also responded and brought the injured man to a local hospital for treatment, officials said.
The sheriff’s office said Wilson ran into the woods, which deputies and K-9s surrounded. He reportedly was caught at about 5:20 p.m.
Wilson was charged with attempted murder and taken to the Dorchester County jail, according to WCSC.
When reached by email on Wednesday, a Dollar General representative referred inquiries about the reported incident to local officials.
The sheriff’s office originally said the weapon Wilson used to threaten customers was a hatchet but later clarified that it was a machete.
This story was originally published June 30, 2021 at 9:30 AM with the headline "Man terrorizes customers with machete at Dollar General store, South Carolina cops say."
