NOTTINGHAM, MD—Police are investigating after a shoplifter threatened a Walmart employee over the weekend.

At just before 3 p.m. on Saturday, May 1, a loss prevention employee stopped a shoplifter at the Walmart store located in the 8100-block of Perry Hills Road in Nottingham (21236).

Police say the suspect then pulled a knife on the employee and threatened to harm him.

The employee backed off and the suspect fled the scene with the stolen merchandise.

No one was injured in the incident.