Please also advise all women & girls to be alert WHILE SHOPPING!
I was assaulted by a guy in a major discount department store, in a large city, on a Saturday at approximately 5:00 P.M. Luckily, I had taken self-defense and was able to break the guy’s hold on me. (I was looking at something on a shelf when he came around the corner and grabbed me). Upon seeing he was the same height/weight as me I gave chase and tackled him.
With hundreds if not thousands of people in the store it still took about 3 minutes of my yelling for help (I had the perp on the ground and was losing strength) before an older man accepted the “challenge” to help me.
The guy broke away from him and my attacker literally ran past HUNDREDS in line at the checkouts all the while I was yelling, chasing after him, STOP HIM... He got away, but an alert employee who worked by the door managed to get the guy’s bike out from under him as he tried to get away (yes, on a bicycle)...
Good Grief! I was only stalked, but it was terribly frightening. Fortunately I was with a man, I had left his presence to shop throughout the mall. When I realized what was happening I hurried back to our meeting place. Would you believe that when I came out of the store with my escort the guy was standing there brazenly staring at me! It gave me the shivers.