Security guard assaulted outside bank

HUNTSVILLE, AL (WAFF) - Huntsville Police are on the scene at the Wells Fargo on North Memorial Parkway where a security guard was attacked.

When she woke a homeless man told him to leave the front of the bank just before 5 p.m., the man got angry and began to argue with her. He then lunged at her and cut her on the palm of her left hand with what is believed to be a box cutter.

The offender then fled the scene on foot.

The security guard suffered minor injuries and was treated by HEMSI paramedics at the scene.

Police are searching for the offender.

The investigation is ongoing.

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