Durham department store worker stabbed in shoplifting

DURHAM, N.C. (AP) - Police in North Carolina say a department store worker has been stabbed by two female shoplifters.

Durham police tell newsoutlets that the victim was a security officer at the Macy’s in Southpoint Mall in Durham.

According to police, the security officer approached one of the suspected shoplifters Sunday at about 4:30 p.m. and was stabbed outside the store in the lower stomach during a struggle.

The employee was taken to the hospital with serious but not life-threatening injuries.

The two suspects fled the scene and remained at large Sunday evening.