Update: Police name suspect.

Warning: The video embedded below contains explicit language.

A Giant employee said she is in quarantine after a shopper spit on her face earlier this week.

Carmella Jones of Harrisburg said she appears in a video circulating on Facebook defending herself against an unidentified female customer at the chain’s Kline Village store in Harrisburg.

“I’ve never reached that level of anger in my life,” Jones said.

“The girl was coming over to beat the crap out of me because I wouldn’t let her in the store,” she added.

Since April 13, Giant has been limiting the number of shoppers inside stores as a social distancing measure in light of the coronavirus pandemic. Customers are asked to stand six feet apart as they wait to enter stores.

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Jones said she is part-time and usually fills pickup grocery orders, but on on the day of the incident on April 14 she was asked to monitor the store’s front door.

According to Jones, the customer tried to bypass other shoppers and got upset when she wasn’t permitted inside the store. Jones said the customer swore for several minutes and threatened to slap her. That’s when Jones said she picked up a yellow cone.

“Then she stopped and coughed, and I said, ‘Don’t you dare spit on me.’ And she spit on me,” Jones said, adding the majority of the spit sprayed on her face and chest.

In the video, Jones, who is wearing a red shirt, appears to hit the other woman with the cone before ramming her with a cart.

“I swung and shoved to keep her away from me because she continued to come at me,” Jones said.

At that point, what appears to be two other Giant employees try to separate the women as they begin to trade punches. Someone can be heard shouting, “You spit on me.”

Jones said her granddaughter is one of the employees.

According to Giant, the fight is an isolated event and they contacted the Harrisburg Police Department. Police Sgt. Kyle Gautsch said the incident is still under investigation and charges are pending.

“During these difficult and anxious times, it’s important that we all come together as a community to support each other,” wrote Giant spokesman Ashley Flower in an email.

Due to the nature of the investigation, Flower said Giant will not be commenting further on the incident.

“The Giant Company is committed to providing a safe environment for all who enter our stores and take matters such as these very seriously,” she said.

Jones, who said she is still employed at Giant, noted the incident shows the difficult circumstances grocery workers are under at this time. She added her doctor ordered her to quarantine at home for two weeks.

“This needs to get out - how hard we work and how we risk our life,” she said, adding “only to be disrespected.”

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