Wal-Mart customer fatally shoots suspected diaper thief

Author: Associated Press
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Photo via WKMG-TV

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) – Police say a customer at a Wal-Mart store on Clarcona Ocoee Road fatally shot a man who was among a group suspected of stealing two carts full of merchandise.

The Orange County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement that the shooting occurred Saturday after suspects left the store with stolen items.

“I think what was being stolen, I believe, was Pampers, or some type of baby diapers,” Sheriff’s Office Capt. Angelo Nieves said, WKMG-TV reports.

Sheriff’s Capt. A.L. Nieves says the men were loading the merchandise into a stolen car when a worker and a customer who came to the employee’s aid confronted them.

Nieves says the customer was armed and fired at a suspect, who he thought was going for a weapon. Nieves did not identify anyone involved.

The suspect later died at a hospital after deputies found him at a gas station.

The shooting is under investigation, and the remaining robbery suspects remain at large.

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