PHILADELPHIA - Police are investigating a violent attack captured on video that allegedly shows a contracted SEPTA security guard hit a man in the head with a blunt object.
FOX 29's Steve Keeley reports that the alleged assault happened Saturday afternoon at the Allegheny Market-Frankford Line station just before 1:30 p.m.
A SEPTA spokesperson told FOX 29 that the alleged assault happened after the victim stole a backpack that belonged to the security guard.
In another angle of the incident, a SEPTA source told Keeley that the guard initiated contact by first punching the victim. The victim fled the scene following the confrontation and remains unidentified, according to SEPTA.