Rock Hill store clerk reports assault by tube of wrapping paper

A customer who became irate after trying to cut in line at a Rock Hill store reportedly hit a store employee in the head with a tube of wrapping paper while leaving, according to a police report released Monday.

The incident happened about 3 p.m. Thursday at Family Dollar on Cherry Road, according to the report. A store employee told officers a customer at the back of the checkout line tried to cut in line and then became angry.

Police say the employee asked the customer to leave, and as she left, she swung a wrapping paper tube at the employee, hitting her in the head. The employee said she tried to block the tube, and that the woman left with a man when she went to contact police.

The store employee had no information on the suspect and said she had never seen her in the store, police said.

This story was originally published December 29, 2015 at 7:01 AM with the headline "Rock Hill store clerk reports assault by tube of wrapping paper."