GROVE CITY, Ohio — It was supposed to be a quiet afternoon at a food bank, a chance for a mom to feed her children and catch a break. Instead, Chasity Worrick found herself on the ground — punched in the jaw by a stranger who snatched her car keys and turned a simple errand into a frightening crime scene. At her side was her 5-year-old son, Adrian, who refused to back down.
Police say the man who attacked Worrick is 20-year-old Shaliq Bing, one of a group of five suspects already linked to a string of crimes that included driving a stolen vehicle from Union County and shoplifting from Dick’s Sporting Goods. Grove City officers, responding to reports of the stolen car, chased the group before several fled on foot into the neighborhood near the Mid-Ohio Food Collective.
Surveillance video and dashcam footage show Bing sprinting across busy Interstate 71 before turning his path toward Worrick and her children, who were waiting in the food bank parking lot. Without warning, he struck the mother and bolted with her car keys in hand, leaving her stunned and hurt. “Some guy on the random come up and end up hitting me in my jaw, knocking me down, grabbing my keys, running,” Worrick later told reporters.
That’s when Adrian’s instincts kicked in. Witnesses described the little boy, along with his older siblings, sprinting after Bing as he tried to escape. Adrian, who barely walks into kindergarten, managed to catch up with the suspect, wrestle the keys away and return them to his mother. Police officers who arrived moments later took Bing into custody without further incident.
Grove City Police Lt. Jason Stern praised the boy’s courage while also reminding others that confronting suspects isn’t recommended. “You see a young child say, ‘That’s my mom, nuh-uh,’” Stern said. “Pretty impressive, pretty brave.” Still, Stern acknowledged the trauma the family endured — no parent should witness violence while trying to care for their kids.
Worrick, though shaken and nursing bruises from the attack, expressed gratitude that her children weren’t injured. “We see a whole bunch of stuff every day, but you never realize when it’s actually you,” she told news crews. “You never think that anything would ever come across you at all.”
Bing now faces multiple charges, including two counts of robbery, along with accusations tied to the stolen vehicle and other crimes linked to the group he was with. Authorities say the incident is a stark reminder of how quickly ordinary moments can turn dangerous — and how even the smallest person can make a big difference when family is at stake.
