Masked workers brawl with suspected shoplifters in Yonkers supermarket

Two suspected shoplifters were caught in a wild brawl with staffers at a besieged Yonkers supermarket that says it has already lost $34,000 to thieves this year.

The almost 11-minute clip from Shop Fair supermarket in Getty Square on Monday started with one of the accused already being pinned to the floor in one of the aisles as another was held back.

“Look what they doing! Look what they doing to my brother!” yelled the second man, wearing a blue, white and red jacket.

After counting down from five, he waded in, appearing to throw at least one punch — with staffers leaping on him and exchanging blows.

As they stumbled into the next aisle, the suspect was mounted from behind, with a staffer putting his hands on his neck and even appearing to go for a rear-naked choke when the suspect stood.

“I can’t breathe!” he repeatedly insisted.

At one point, a 3-foot pole was brought out, although it was not seen being used to strike anyone.

The second suspect, who had mostly been off-camera, was then shown kicking and punching out at several other staff members surrounding him.

“Call the cops and let them handle it,” urged a muscular staff member in a tight “Blessed” shirt — before becoming heated as he walked one of the suspects out of the store.

“Get the f–k out this store before I knock you out myself!” he told the suspect, who rubbed his head as he got up off the ground before being cuffed by waiting Yonkers cops.

The person videoing the wild brawl — seen more than 25,000 times by Thursday morning — repeatedly claimed he has seen violence in the store before, saying, “They do this all the time. This is not right!”

The clip ended after he was told he was banned from the store, complaining that it was “because I documented what happened.”

Store manager Eddie Duran told The Post that five employees have been reprimanded over the violence.

“There’s no excuse,” he said. “I hope that something like this never happens again.”

Still, he insisted that the two suspects started the attack before the camera started rolling — even though employees had offered to let them leave without calling the police.

“Since the coronavirus, we’ve been telling shoplifters, ‘Leave the items and you can just leave the store,'” he said.

The suspects were known from previous thefts at the store, which has already lost $34,000 this year, likely to be worse even than the $45,000 lost in 2019, Duran said.

The pair took two bags of shrimp worth $22.99 each — seemingly a hot commodity for thieves — and started swinging when they refused to hand them over, Duran said.

“The guy just flipped and started beating my employee — he was left bleeding,” the manager said. “The video doesn’t show any of what started this.

“But what happened after that is a nightmare. I’ve told all my staff that this kind of behavior will not be tolerated.”