Walmart security shoots mother-of-2 shoplifting suspect dead in parking lot as she tries to flee

Daily Mail UK ^ | 8 Dec 2012 | James Nye

[smokingfrog]

A 27-year-old mother of two has been fatally shot by an off-duty sheriff's deputy after he suspected her of shoplifting at a Houston Walmart.

Harris County Sheriff's deputies have said that victim Shelly Frey, Tisa Andrews and Yolanda Craig were stealing when they were confronted by Louis Campbell a 26-year veteran of the force who works as a security guard at the store.

According to Campbell the women ran to their car and when he rushed to open the door, they accelerated away - at which point he fired the deadly shot into the car which hit Frey in the neck.

** snip **

Tragically, Frey wasn't even supposed to be at a Walmart that evening.

Earlier in the year she pleaded guilty to stealing shirts and a package of meat from another Walmart and as part of her plea arrangement she agreed to never enter Walmart stores again.

[sakic]

You are obviously a very deep thinker. A man of great intellect and worth. Now go mop up the spill on aisle 3.

[sakic]

If you ever have a child that steals something and they are murdered for it, make that part of your speech at the funeral.

[Revolting cat!]

Events like this would have to be invented if they didn’t happen (and perhaps they are in fact invented!) to provide opportunities for anonymous Internet homegrown Harper Valley PTA candidates to posture and parade their moral outrage, and at the same time pay their guilt ridden penance for the past sins of slavery.

[Revolting cat!]

If my count is not mistaken, three Obamaphones are now available for new users.

[jocon307]

Nose jewelry and a hell of a lot of purple makeup and what are those, earrings?

Maybe it was all stolen.

[smokingfrog]

WAKE UP BLACK FEMALES: BOOSTING WILL GET YOU SHOT & KILLED!!!

[wardaddy]

Nowhere does it say he was dragged

He claims the open door pushed him

Cops always claim they fear for their life when they kill someone

Sometimes with good reason

Other times just made up

I am suspicious over this one

And put me on record for opposing execution for petty crimes

Speaking as someone who actually has to make that call on occasion

[muawiyah]

Do you see the subtle distinction between 'run down' and 'run over' and 'knocked over'?

I think in these cases we need to be very careful of those very, very subtle differences else we err in assuming that anyone was in charge of the event.

This turned into a case of 4 women and 2 young children and a cop who shot one of the women, but not the one driving the car, and say, what ya' think about shooting into a moving vehicle with chillun' in it ~ very Waco-ish isn't it ~ makes me wonder if these women were hardened criminals or just very stupid.

There's a tradition of making sure you know what your target is before pulling the trigger ~

[muawiyah]

But which was it? The story has now had a subtle shift that suggests strongly that the car wasn't parked ~ rather, it pulled up in the apron/pickup zone in front of the store and the women ran out and hopped in. The cop came out of the store and he grabbed the door handle and opened the door ~ and....... the driver punched it and took off while the cop shot a passenger.

That quick ~ as I said earlier, we need the Walmart videos ~ that'll show us if she somehow backed up on him, or simply pulled forward, or did one of those old fashioned jackrabbit starts that made it bounce to the side.

Let's listen carefully to the sheriff on what he says about the videos

[Alaska Wolf]

But which was it?

It makes no difference as a persons life is in danger in either case.

the car wasn't parked ~ rather, it pulled up in the apron/pickup zone in front of the store and the women ran out and hopped in

Are you inferring that the thieves "hopped" into a moving vehicle? You really jump to conclusions, don't you?

[muawiyah]

hmm, let's say you are visiting the lower 48 one day and you happen to come upon a Walmart. it's a big building with usually two sets of large doors ~ on one end the doors lead to a vestibule that has carts, and then you go inside and there'll be dry goods. over at the other end there's a set of doors that lead to the grocery section.

When you go inside there's a bank of cashregisters end to end. Some smaller module stores have only one set of large doors, but there's still always a second entrance and exit ~ that's against the possibility that a Gypsy has his family with him and wants a separate set of doors available for the womenfolk to enter separately in a dignified manner.

Walton always left his parking lots open to overnight parking by travelers and Gypsies. I don't know if he was a Gypsy himself but my Great Grandfather always followed the policy of feeding the travelers or the gypsies who camped on the edge of his farm because they really would paint his barn with paint and leave his hogs alone. There are traditions here.

So, there's this big ol' store with two entrances and exits, and out front there's an apron area where folks drop off others, or leave their baskets, or stand and wait for a ride ~ this is pretty much the standard operation in urban areas.

Like this: http://i.cnn.net/money/.element/img/1.0/sections/mag/fortune/global500/2007/snapshots/walmart.jpg

There are variations ~ but there's traffic passing in front of the store all the time, and there's an apron area clearly marked so you can come in and pick folks up ~ they allow momentary stopping ~ so given normal Walmart operations, everything that's been said makes sense, but it's not yet determined that the car was actually parked ~ we do have the cop seeing the women get in a car ~ and it's easy to imagine the car on the apron or in the lot, but probably on the apron doing an ordinary pick up of passengers with packages.

[MamaTexan]

Looks like her BFFs left her to bleed to death on her own.

"She said some security officer shot her at Walmart on West Road," Gaines said. "She needed help or something. She was trying to find somebody to help her."

Thought it was interesting that the cop was wearing his uniform, too. It's not like these bottom-dwellers could have mistaken him for a Walmart greeter, or anything.

IMHO - good riddance to bad rubbish!

Thanks for the link, by the way! :-)

[Wonder Warthog]

"However, my experience with some security guards has left me less than impressed."

Note that this was an off-duty police officer....IN UNIFORM.

And the perp was "shot dead" for fleeing the scene of a crime after having been told to halt by a uniformed officer....not "shoplifting".

[Wonder Warthog]

"The officer should have taken down the license of the vehicle, and passed it on to officers on duty when they arrived."

No. That would be what a CIVILIAN (and perhaps a non-cop security guard) should have done. A law officer is ALWAYS on duty. His/her responsibility to uphold the law doesn't end when they go off shift.

I think that fleeing the scene of a crime after being told to halt by a UNIFORMED OFFICER is probably a felony.

[Popman]

(Yes, I remember.)

Yes, the good ole day before PC and other various diversity, multicultural nonsense befouled our country...

[Ditter]

Ya know what, they haven't called me with a detailed explanation either I just reported what I saw on TV news and read the next day in the paper. The cop must have been hunting for a woman to murder and get away with it. And it did happen in the Sahara Desert in the middle of the night so there was no one there to witness what the evil cop did.

So why don't you and I just give up this stupid conversation until the cop confesses that the woman was his baby mama and he wanted off her, oh yeah, she had her dog with her and he shot it too but it was a pitt bull so that's OK.

[A_perfect_lady]

Yes, it does say he was dragged. Read the original article. Look, some people hate cops, and some people hate thieves. You hate cops. I hate thieves. We’re different.

[Tahoe3002]

Would you feel better, if perhaps, she had died DRIVING to the Wal-Mart?

Would you feel better if they had run over and killed the deputy trying to escape?

[Ron H.]

According to this story and others, the “security guard” was an off duty police officer and was in uniform. It’s possible that the officer thought he was going to be run over. We don’t know for sure because writers seem to get foggy when it comes to details that could justify the officer’s actions.

I agree. That is until more information and details become available. Judgement reserved until then.

[wardaddy]

I don’t hate anyone sweet pea