Crime & Safety
Police Arrest 3 in Attack on Veteran Who Intervened to Help Clerk
Adam Wagner, who served with the military in Afghanistan, was beaten by three men he said had been harassing a clerk at a convenience store.
Westland police have arrested three people believed to have been involved in an attack on a U.S. Army veteran who stepped in to stop the men from harassing a clerk at the 7-Eleven store on St. Venoy Road in Westland.
Adam Wagner told WDIV, Channel 4, that the men shouted racial and homophobic slurs and made disparaging remarks about the military before they began punching and kicking him Thursday.
Wagner, who had served with the Army in Afghanistan, had military insignias on his car and he believes that’s why he was targeted in the Thursday attack.
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After the attack, Wagner went to a nearby home to get help. He suffered a broken nose, required stitches in his lip and had difficulty seeing because his eye was swollen shut.
The Westland Police Department made the arrests Saturday after receiving tips from the public on the identity of the three men, whose identities have not yet been released.Find out what's happening in Plymouth-Cantonwith free, real-time updates from Patch.
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