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Posted on 12/22/2022 7:11:18 PM PST by Tired of Taxes
HALLS, Tenn. (WVLT/Gray News) - Tennessee authorities say a store employee has died in a robbery Thursday morning.
According to the Knox County Sheriff’s Office, deputies responded to a Rural King retail store regarding a shooting at about 10:30 a.m.
Authorities said the shooting occurred after a man was attempting to take ammunition and other items from the store when an employee intervened.
WVLT reports the alleged shoplifter and employee got into a struggle with the suspect shooting and killing the worker.
Authorities said the suspected shooter took off from the scene after the shooting.
The sheriff’s office did not immediately identify the employee who died but said he was 23 years old.
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So sorry for the retail worker, only 23 years old.
He looks like a baby to me. That photo makes the suspect look 12 or 13.
Everyone is so happy on their reporting....the suspect is a White male.
So he stole nothing and committed murder.
Good job.
Five will get you ten the suspect is Antifa.
Yes, that makes sense. No hips like a girl would have. The color of that hat, and the pompom on top is definitely unique and identifiable. His mom probably gave him that hat for Christmas.
Retail theft is absolutely on the rise
Thieves don’t like someone interfering with their crimes
Tragic 😞
So very sad. Prayers for this young man’s family.
Suspended sentence for retail theft vs. 10 to 20 for second degree murder. Insane.
Tough call. Do we try to stop robbers or get out of their way? The 23 year old was ethical and tried to stop a robbery.
Or just a run-of-the-mill Tennessee meth head.
That's what makes this story so sad. He probably clocked in to work, expecting a typical day at the store, never knowing it would be his last day on Earth.
It sounds like this shoplifting incident escalated quickly.
A meth head would have not been after ammo; at least I don’t they would.
This is someone who has watched too much TV and didn’t want ammo traced back to them.
My take is that it is female, or something vaguely similar.
Hopefully, they’ll catch the suspect soon. Then we’ll find out for sure. Someone has to recognize that clothing.
I don’t read it that way but you may be right.
Up and killing the employee was a pretty bold move for a
young woman.
Yesterday I had a heated argument with a Walmart rep. on the phone about the fraudulent use of my credit card. I had called the service counter two days previously to report that I saw the fraud on my Walmart Internet account. I noted an unauthorized use by some of my rather unique first name and my personal card number to purchase - get this a $150.00 ‘card making’ kit. At the time I first called Walmart the delivery tracking report showed the item was still in the delivery stream. I expected the company would take immediate action to stop delivery. Yesterday I checked my account again and noted the package had just been delivered to the address of the fraudulent purchaser. I gave Walmart a dressing down over the phone for not stopping the shipment and not seeming to care about the loss of merchandise and my corrupted credit card. Obviously, the fraud appeared to me to be an inside job by someone either selling or misusing my credit card but Walmart was unmoved. The response I got from Walmart was pathetic. These big companies just chalk up the loss and go on and the customers pay in the end for the fraud, including me that now has to go through the hassle of obtaining and setting up my accounts on a new credit card.
Since you have their address why not make your own “delivery”?
Maybe some lead or a cocktail or two. Molotov, shaken not stirred.
The stores and credit card companies do not care.
Had someone use a card to buy a first class airline ticket.
Should have been a easy case.
Picture ID to fly.
Nothing done.
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