Both attacks were recorded on video surveillance. Police say 32-year-old Ivory Julian Anderson Jr. reportedly attacked a Target store customer and a librarian within two hours of each other. About 6:15 p.m. On March 3, an employee of the Anaheim Central Library lost consciousness and had to go to the hospital. Police say the suspect approached the library clerk as the clerk was passing through the main entrance of the library, entered the victim’s path and hit him once. “He did it in front of a bunch of women and children in the library and everyone looked shocked,” the sergeant said. Shane Carringer with the Anaheim Police Department. “He’s just stepping on this unconscious victim; he even seems to be looking over his shoulder and probably laughing and smiling as he walks away.” The librarian has recovered from the wound to the back of his head and is returning to work, officials said. Two hours earlier, Anderson Jr. reportedly entered a Target store 100 blocks from S. Euclid Street, violently pushed a customer standing near a cash register, and then began chasing the victim around the store. The Target customer was not seriously injured. On Friday night, detectives arrested Anderson Jr., who police say is transient, in the Broadway area and on Manchester Avenue in Anaheim. Police say Anderson Jr. admitted to both attacks. He was held in Orange County Jail for assault, causing grievous bodily harm. Copyright © 2022 KABC Television, LLC. All rights reserved.
