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WEBVTT 5:30, IMMEDIATELYFOLLOWING OUR NEWSCAST.PATRICK: A WOMAN ATTACKED WITHBRASS KNUCKLES AT A GREENFIELDGROCERY STORE.HER FACE LEFT BLOODIED ANDBRUISED, THESE ARE BEFORE ANDAFTER PHOTOS.WE WANT TO WARN THERE ARE MOREPICTURES YOU'RE ABOUT TO SEE,AND SOME OF THEM ARE GRAPHIC.12 NEWS' COLLEEN HENRY IS LIVE.COLLEEN, POLICE SAY THEATTACKERS WERE AFTER THE WOMAN'SCAR.COLLEEN: POLICE SAY THE WOMANWAS SITTING ON THE PHONE IN HERCAR PARKED IN THE GROCERY STORELOT WHEN THE MAN AND WOMANATTACKED.POLICE SAY THE WOMAN WAS IN THEPARKING LOT OF PACIFIC PRODUCEAT 27TH AND GRANGE WHEN A COUPLEATTACKED ON >> THE CAR DOOR WASFRIDAY.YANKED OPEN, AND SHE WAS PUNCHEDWITHOUT ANY WARNING WITH THESUSPECT WEARING BRASS KNUCKLES.COLLEEN: POLICE SAY THEATTACKERS WERE A MAN WITH BRASSKNUCKLES AND A WOMAN CALLING THESHOTS.>> THE WOMAN ON THE OTHER SIDEOF THE CAR DOOR WAS TRYING TOOPEN A LOCKED CAR DOOR ANDYELLING OUT COMMANDS THAT THEMALE SUSPECT SHOULD GRAB THEPURSE.COLLEEN: THIS IS THE DAMAGE THEYDID. THE WOMAN SHARED THESE PHOTOS OFHER INJURIES IN HOPES OFCATCHING THE COUPLE WHO COULDHAVE KILLED HER.POLICE SAY SHE FOUGHT VALIANTLY,AND ULTIMATELY, THE COUPLE GOTNOTHING, NO PURSE, NO CAR.>> SHE WAS ABLE TO RETRIEVE HERPEPPER SPRAY AND GIVE HIM AFACE-FULL.COLLEEN: POLICE SAY THERE'S NOVIDEO OF THE ATTACK, BUT A SHORTTIME BEFOREHAND, AND A SHORTDISTANCE AWAY IN GREENDALE THEREWAS A RETAIL THEFT INVOLVINGTHIS WOMAN.>> OUR ROBBERY ACCOMPLICESUSPECT IS THE SAME DESCRIPTIONAND THE SAME TYPE OF VEHICLE WASUSED TO FLEE THE GREENDALERETAIL THEFT AS OUR ROBBERY.COLLEEN: POLICE ARE HOPING THISPHOTO CAN LEAD THEM TO THEIRATTACKERS BEFORE THEY DO ANYMORE DAMAGE.THE VICTIM IS RECOVERING ATHOME.POLICE SAY THE MALE ATTACKERLIKELY READ IN THE EYES -- REDIN THE EYES AFTER GETTING HIT INTHE FACE WITH PEPPER SPRAY.THEY'RE ASKING ANYONE WITHINFORMATION TO CONTACT THE

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A 16-year-old girl suspected of being one half of a pair who attacked a woman in a grocery store last Friday was taken into custody on Tuesday, police said. The girl is being held on charges of being party to a crime of armed robbery, substantial battery and operating a motor vehicle without the owner's consent, according to a Thursday morning statement from the Greenfield Police Department. Authorities said their investigation into the case helped identify the other suspect in the brutal brass knuckles attack and attempted carjacking: 18-year-old Corleon Thomas of Milwaukee. The attack on the 5400 block of South 27th Street left a 31-year-old woman with severe facial injuries. According to police, the woman was exiting her vehicle just before 1 p.m. last Friday when the door was pulled open and she was hit in the face by someone wearing brass knuckles. The attacker also tried to pull her out of the car by her leg as someone else, a female, tried to get into the car on the passenger side."Grab the purse," the victim said the female told her accomplice.The victim fought back with pepper spray and the attacker took off in a dark-colored sedan, police said."We sent out the notifications to all the police departments asking if you have any contacts with the female or you recognize her please let us know, and that's when we received the call from Wauwatosa," Greenfield Police Det. Eric Lindstrom said Thursday. Wauwatosa police already had her in custody for an attempted retail theft Tuesday at the Saks Off 5th at the Mayfair Collection. That arrest has led to the identification of her suspected partner, Thomas, but he's still on the run. Police were looking for him even before the grocery store parking lot attack. WISN 12 News has learned Thomas was arrested last August after a stolen car he was in slammed into a light pole in West Allis. He skipped out on his bail in April and a warrant was issued for his arrest. Anyone with information is asked to call 1-800-78-CRIME.Get breaking news alerts with the WISN 12 mobile app or with our email newsletters.