A Houston man has misplaced a watch after being attacked throughout a fast journey to the grocery retailer.

Michael Weathersby was the sufferer of a brutal theft on January 12, when he was punched with such drive that docs needed to take away his proper eye.

Weathersby, who's now recovering at residence, was attacked within the Fiesta Grocery Retailer off Fondren Highway at round 5 p.m.

"I used to be solely in there for 2 minutes," the daddy of three advised Fox 26. "Subsequent factor I do know it is black, and I felt issues taking pictures out of my eye."

Weathersby advised the community that he had visited a close-by financial institution earlier than getting into the grocery retailer.

He didn't see the attackers coming, he added, and the 2 suspects bought away with a few of his money.

"Once I fell on the bottom, I felt somebody going via my pockets," Weathersby mentioned.

He mentioned there have been a number of witnesses to the theft within the late afternoon, however few got here to his assist.

"I am questioning how might this occur in a public space, within the retailer, and no one do nothing?" Weathersby advised Fox.

He was rushed to a neighborhood hospital, the place docs discovered that his eyeball had ruptured and carried out emergency surgical procedure. Weathersby added that he was in "whole disbelief."

His lawyer, Jeff Musslewhite, mentioned the shop may very well be held liable.

"They'd an obligation to offer ample safety for his or her clients, they have been on discover for the potential of crime," Musslewhite advised Fox.

The Houston Police Division is now searching for two males seen on the shop's cameras. One is described as 33 to 34 years outdated, 5'10" tall, 230 kilos, with a goatee, and sporting a purple hoodie and blue denims. The second suspect is described as 33 to 34 years outdated, 6' tall, with a low-top fade haircut, and sporting a white muscle shirt and white shorts.

Newsweek has contacted Musslewhite and the Houston Police division for additional remark. The shop didn't remark when contacted by Fox.

Houston is without doubt one of the most harmful cities in the US, in response to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program. The native violent crime price stood at 632 incidents per 100,000 folks in 2020, above the nationwide common.

There have been 45,368 crimes reported in Houston in 2020, together with 662 murders. Weapons are utilized in many violent crimes throughout town. Houston's theft price of 168 incidents for each 100,000 folks is especially excessive, inserting it among the many 10 metro areas with the worst file for robberies.

In August, two males in Houston violently attacked a person earlier than robbing him. Police mentioned the theft occurred simply earlier than midday on August 14, at flats on Westheimer at Briargrove.