Security guard slashed with box cutter during Woodfield scuffle

Schaumburg police are searching for a man who reportedly slashed a security guard with a box cutter at Woodfield Mall Monday night, police said.

Officers were summoned to Woodfield at 7:10 p.m. for a fight between a man with a knife and a security guard, Schaumburg police Sgt. John Nebl said.

The security guard was attempting to stop the man from shoplifting in one of the shops inside the mall when the two began to struggle and the confrontation spilled outside the store, Nebl said.

At some point during the struggle, Nebl said, the suspect pulled out a box cutter and slashed the security guard in the arm before fleeing the mall on foot.

Nebl said the security guard was transported to Alexian Brothers Medical Centers in Elk Grove Village with a laceration on his forearm.

The offender was described as a black male with a thin build, a goatee, and wearing a dark baseball cap, Nebl said.