Men use blanket to attack woman inside department store, police say

GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. — Police are searching for two men who beat and shove a woman to the floor inside a popular department store in Gwinnett County.

The victim told police that the men threw a blanket over her head and then attacked her inside the Ross Department store on Stone Mountain Highway.

Dina Bingham said she was shopping on May 12 when she felt a blanket over her head. She said two men started shaking her and shoving her around.

Gwinnett police released a surveillance photo of the two suspects, with one carrying a blanket they used in the alleged attack.

Bingham said she fought back and forced the men to run out of the store.

"I can't get into the mind of a criminal, I don't know but what I do know is the store could have handled it differently,” Bingham said.

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After this experience, Bingham said there needs to be protections in place for shoppers.

Anyone with information about the suspects is asked to call police.

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