A Food Lion grocery supermarket.
Jeffrey ClarkPolice say a man tried to carjack a woman at knifepoint in the parking lot of the East Ridge Food Lion store on July 3.
It happened around 6:40 a.m.
The victim was a store employee who was waiting in her vehicle before entering the store to begin her shift, according to a news release from the police department.
The suspect was identified as 28-year-old Jeffrey Clark of Graysville, Tenn.
Police say he entered the victim’s vehicle and demanded her car keys while threatening her with a knife. The woman activated the horn of her vehicle, attracting the attention of the grocery store manager. He confronted Clark and yelled for him to stop.