A Walmart employee in Indianapolis was brutally attacked inside the store on Friday, an incident that was captured on video and widely circulated online.
The footage shows multiple individuals assaulting the worker as co-workers and bystanders attempted to intervene.
The incident took place at a Walmart in Indianapolis and was filmed by witness Kind Butler, who later shared the video on Facebook.
In the recording, a woman dressed in black is seen restraining the employee while two other women repeatedly hit the worker in the checkout area.
One woman wearing a pink shirt can be seen punching the victim multiple times, while another suspect stomps on the employee as the attack unfolds.
As the situation escalated, a scream can be heard in the background, with someone shouting, “Where he at, bitch?!”
Two bystanders attempted to separate the attackers and remove the woman in pink, but a male suspect entered the scene and kicked the employee while another woman wearing a blue-and-white shirt continued to punch the victim.
Eventually, Walmart staff managed to lift the injured worker to her feet, but the woman in pink threw an object at her and then pulled her by the hair, continuing the assault.
The male suspect again attempted to rejoin the fight, but store employees prevented him from reaching the victim.
The video concludes with workers and two bystanders restraining the attackers while they shouted insults.
Witness Kind Butler, who told Fox 59 that he shops at the store frequently, described how quickly the incident escalated.
“It was instantly on site,” Butler said.
“There wasn’t any questioning, no anything. Just as soon as they saw the girl, the whole family came over and started beating her up.”
Butler also said he had overheard conversations indicating that relatives of an alleged rape victim were looking for someone they believed to be linked to the case before the fight began.
The Walmart employee who was attacked, identified as Tikerra Hicks, told Fox 59 that she had been receiving phone calls earlier in the day about a friend of hers who was accused of rape.
Hicks said that moments after leaving the bathroom at work, she was ambushed. “I just hear, ‘There she go’ and then boom on the side of my head I feel somebody hitting me,” Hicks said.
Hicks explained that she knew the woman making the rape accusation but insisted she had no role in the alleged incident.
“(The alleged rape) have nothing to do with me,” Hicks said.
“I wasn’t there, even if it did happen, to protect he. And I wasn’t there to defend him either.”
According to Fox 59, a Beech Grove police report connected to a rape investigation listed Hicks as an “other person” in the case.
Hicks disputed that characterization, stating the claims were fabricated and that she had not spoken to police beyond giving a statement after the fight at Walmart.
Following the altercation, Hicks told the outlet she was suspended by Walmart.