I read the story and the comments by others at the end. I am amazed at the thinking of some people. They blame the walmart employees and not the thief for his actions. Another amazing thing is this is my walmart, been their many times and I have never seen anyone neer the door that would be considered loss prevention employees. Moral of story, don't steal and you won't ever have to worry about this happening to you.
Sorry, but you can't kill someone for stealing diapers and a bb gun.
You're damned right I blame the Wally Word employees. They're the ones that held this guy down while he pleaded for his life, and killed him anyway. I don't give a flying ____ what he stole, it didn't warrant this slow and painful murder.
Well, heck...if somebody steals, I guess they deserve whatever happens to 'em. But look at it this way...what if they did him in too fast? If they had got him into the shade and tied him down, they could have spent several hours removing this guy's fingernails, toenails, and teeth with a pair of pliers from the tool section.
That'd make a great object lesson to passersby: "Don't steal, or this might happen to you."
Actually, if the witness statements are correct, they LP guys blew it. Jumping on the guy and wrestling him to the ground? How did they know he wasn't armed? How did they know he wasn't a mental case etc? They are going to take a bad hit on this one. LP are suppose to try and detain a suspected thief, not play cops and get physical. They could have just wrote down his plate number, got his description, pulled up in-store video etc. This guy could of had a drug reaction extending from a medical problem, or could have been just a common thief, who knows.
They are very fortunate this guy didn't blow them away. Wal-Mart will pay big time for this one.
Shoplifting is no reason to lose one's life. Have a sense of perspective.