Shopper with gun kills suspected diaper thief at Florida Walmart

foxnews.com ^ | 02/05/2017

[Company Man]

It’s a ‘shop. Fake but accurate, as they say.

[Crucial]

In a sane world any mother would fear for her son’s life if he robbed a store because it’s a stupid thing to do that leads to violence.

[Cobra64]

Think what could have happened if they were stealing tampons!

[Dawgreg]

That’s sad........did he even think to see if the manager could have helped out by giving him the diapers? I guess not.......sigh

[steve8714]

Car used was stolen in a carjacking. How about that?

[miss marmelstein]

I don’t understand all the sympathy for what is obviously a gang or a member of a gang of thieves getting offed while stealing diapers to sell on the black market. Theft often leads to violence. Stupid decisions lead to stupid results and another Darwin Award winner has met his final curtain.

[Clutch Martin]

Drugs are often traded for household items. Items (not in this case) are purchased with EBT cards & then traded for dope. No money changes hands but items of value do. The household products are then sold on the black market thus meeting customer demands. This has been going on for at least a decade, probably longer.

[Lazamataz]

Drugs are often traded for household items. Items (not in this case) are purchased with EBT cards & then traded for dope. No money changes hands but items of value do. The household products are then sold on the black market thus meeting customer demands. This has been going on for at least a decade, probably longer.

....since the late 1960's!

[Hugh the Scot]

Moron labe

[Dr. Sivana]

Sounds like Georgia

The perps getting shot are like Georgia, but the diaper angle strikes me as Florida. If it happened at a Waffle House it could be either.

[momincombatboots]

They don’t want jobs. One welfare chick said to me... I will let the slaves work. They will pay me every month. If you think these people want to work forty hours a week, you have bought the lib lie. They get paid much more in ssdi and benefits than they could ever make. I don’t know how many times I have heard... cut my hours so I can keep my medicaid.

[kearnyirish2]

The horrible conditions in the slums need to remain as incentive for people like that; she may have “slaves” do the work, but she’ll end up burying her bastards (and risks murder herself) for that life of leisure.

The life of this POS was worth less than the diapers.

[cynwoody]

Walmart will fire the employee for trying to stop the thieves and Sue the shooter.

In which case, the shooter should sue Walmart, it being the deep pocket.

Although, based on my last visit, shallower. But still deep enough!

[TxAg1981]

It doesn’t sound like anyone’s life was at risk to justify the shots. Still, it should send a signal to criminals.

you are looking at this wrong. Were the diapers with his life? That should be the question. If you want to Commit theft, is the value of those items worth your life?

[Gay State Conservative]

Pretty stupid to steal diapers for sure.But I wonder if that shopper did,in fact,have reason to fear for his life.

[Fightin Whitey]

Rash of crime lately?

[Fightin Whitey]

what could have happened if they were stealing tampons! Would have really gotten plugged.

[Former Proud Canadian]

Here is the sequence as far as I can determine:

1. Car gets stolen/carjacked in mid January.

2. That same car is used to go to a Walmart on a shoplifting spree. So, the carhijackers are either going shoplifting or the people going shoplifting obtained the car from the carjackers.

3. On being confronted by an employee and an armed citizen an argument ensues.

4. Two are shot by the citizen and one dies.

There are some lessons here that will be lost on the perps and future perps.

1. Don't hijack cars, don't use cars that have been hijacked. It is wrong and you could end up dead.

2. Don't shoplift, it is wrong and you could end up dead.

3. When caught shoplifting, don't argue, get in your vehicle and flee. If you don't you could end up dead.

[kenmcg]

Guaranteed this is not the whole story. Walmart confronts FOUR thieves, armed onlooker goes to assist Walmart employee, one can only imagine the confrontation as the thieves resisted. No loss here.

[FrankR]

It’s a shame...those diapers were meant for the snowflakes at the local college.../s