Shocking video shows 2 women leap on top off-duty cop at gas station — before trying to snatch his gun

By New York Post (U.S.) | Created at 2026-10-12 19:12:00 | Updated at 2026-10-12 19:57:03 1 hour ago

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Wild video shows two young women beating up an off-duty police officer at a Missouri gas station before one of them tries to grab the cop’s gun.

Shocking cell phone footage shows the suspects laying into the officer, with one of them climbing up shelving to jump on his head before the other starts punching him repeatedly in the face.

Two Florissant women are facing charges after allegedly attacking an off-duty police officer working security at a north St. Louis County gas station. X / Kentuckygirl1

The man filming the video doesn’t intervene to help the cop, an off-duty Hillsdale Police Department officer who was working a second security job during Sunday morning’s incident at the QuikTrip gas station in St. Louis County.

Social media video shows the incident at a QuikTrip gas station in St. Louis County, Mo. Shaniya Lewis and Nayonna Griffin, both 20, face charges including second-degree assault of a special victim after allegedly attacking an off-duty police officer working security. X / Kentuckygirl1

At the end of the two-minute clip, a police officer enters the gas station and helps to arrest the suspects after one of them tried to remove the victim’s gun from its holster.

The crazed brawl started when one of the suspects, 20-year-old Nayonna Griffin, threw items at the officer, prompting him to approach her, according to charging documents seen by KDSK.

Each was being held on a $100,000 cash-only bonds. X / Kentuckygirl1

Fellow suspect Shaniya Lewis, also 20, then intervened and struggled with the officer before throwing him to the ground, according to the charging documents.

Lewis repeatedly punched the officer in the face while Griffin stomped on his head, before Lewis reached for the officer’s gun but was unable to remove it from its holster, police said.

Video of the incident has circulated widely on social media. X / Kentuckygirl1

When more police arrived and tried to detain Griffin, she allegedly grabbed the officer’s hair, kicking and flailing at him while trying to run away and trying to prevent them from handcuffing her, according to charging documents.

The injured officer was hospitalized for treatment as a result of the attack.

Two women attacked an off-duty police officer working security at a north St. Louis County QuikTrip, with one allegedly attempting to grab his gun during the struggle.

The St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office charged Shaniya Lewis and Nayonna Griffin, both 20, with… pic.twitter.com/C1accMmSM7

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He has not been identified.

Lewis and Griffin were both charged with second-degree assault of a special victim, as well as resisting or interfering with an arrest for a felony.

20-year-old Nayonna Griffin initially threw items at the officer, prompting him to approach her. St. Louis County Police
Shaniya Lewis and her accomplice face charges including second-degree assault of a special victim. St. Louis County Police

Each was being held on $100,000 cash-only bonds.

The St. Louis County Police Department’s North County Precinct is handling the ongoing investigation.

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