NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — A Norfolk General District Court judge granted bond to the Harris Teeter security guard accused of beating a man inside the store.

Kharel Jones-White is facing one charge of malicious wounding related to the incident. He was working as an armed, uniformed security guard on the evening of June 2.

Several family members and Harris Teeter employees as well as a man who said he was White-Jones' boss at the security company were in court to testify and show support.

A witness in the case testified that White-Jones and the victim entered the store at the same time that night. A short time later, the witness said, White-Jones approached him and told him there was an issue with the man.

"The victim kept going at [White-Jones]," the store employee told the court, describin

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