Two security officers were stabbed in separate incidents on the east coast over the weekend.
In Atlantic City, NJ, a security officer was stabbed after he tried to break up at a casino bar Friday just before 4 a.m.
State police say two patrons began brawling at the Xhibition bar in Harrah's. A security officer attempted to intervene and was stabbed, as was one of the participants in the fight. Both were treated at an area hospital for non-life threatening injuries.
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The second stabbing occurred at a mall in Woodbridge, Va. on Saturday and left a security officer dead and a manhunt for the man police believe is responsible.
According to Prince William County Police, officers were called to the Potomac Mills Mall in Woodbridge around 2:30 p.m. Saturday for a stabbing.
Security officer Larry Donnell Drumgole, 44, was taken to a hospital, where he died after a struggle with Jamel Carlos Kingsbury, 35. Kingsbury was confronted by Drumgole and another loss-prevention employee after he was spotted shoplifting inside a Burlington Coat Factory.
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