The customer who shot and killed a suspected diaper thief outside a Wal-Mart Saturday also hit a second suspect when he opened fire, the Orange County Sheriff’s Office said.
The incident unfolded at the Clarcona Ocoee Road store in Pine Hills about 8 a.m. when three people tried stealing diapers and other items, Sheriff’s Office Capt. Angelo Nieves said.
As the trio were loading the items in their vehicle, a Wal-Mart employee tried to stop them, Nieves said.
A customer shot a man stealing diapers from a Wal-Mart on Clarcona Ocoee Road after the suspect reached for something the customer thought was a weapon.
A customer shot a man stealing diapers from a Wal-Mart on Clarcona Ocoee Road after the suspect reached for something the customer thought was a weapon.
Then a customer came out of the store and tried to help the employee but a “commotion” led to the customer, who hasn’t been identified, feeling “threatened,” Nieves said.
He told deputies he saw one of the suspects reach for something so he pulled out a gun and opened fire.
Initially, deputies thought the customer only shot one man, who has now been identified as Arthur Adams, 19.
Nieves said investigators learned a second suspect, a juvenile girl, was sitting in the vehicle when the customer opened fire.
She was hit in the leg and fled after the incident. She went to the hospital hours after the incident, Nieves said.
A third suspect also fled after the shooting and is still outstanding, Nieves said.
Surveillance footage captured the suspect leaving the Wal-Mart wearing a blue striped shirt. Anyone with information can call Crimeline at 800-423-8477.
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A customer of a Pine Hills Wal-Mart shot a man suspected of stealing diapers and other items from the store Saturday morning, according to the Orange County
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