Witnesses say they saw man bleeding inside #Bartlett Walmart after altercation with police outside pic.twitter.com/44XAwYQT1c
— Jason Miles (@JMilesWMC) August 30, 2013
There's been a wild police-involved shooting incident outside a Walmart store in Bartlett, Tennessee. Here's what we know so far.
1. An alleged shoplifter struck a police officer with a car, was then shot by police — and stumbled bleeding into the store.
BREAKING: Bartlett Walmart shooting on Hwy 64. Witnesses tell us wounded man stumbled through the font door saying officer shot him.
— Cameron Harper (@NewsCam) August 30, 2013
From #Bartlett PD: suspected shoplifter shot after striking officer with car outside Walmart on 64. Watch AN5 at 4:00
— Jason Miles (@JMilesWMC) August 30, 2013
The shoplifter got into the vehicle, which the officer tried to stop, but it struck and injured him.
The officer then shot at the vehicle, hitting one man in the arm.
That man then got out of the vehicle and went into the Walmart, saying, “I’ve been shot! I’ve been shot!”
Bartlett Police Motor officer was outside his car when he noticed what he believed to be shoplifters who had just left the store.
When they got in their vehicle he attempted to stop them. The suspects then hit him with their car. The officer fired and hit one of the suspects in the arm.
The suspect ran into the store yelling he was shot by a cop.
2. The store was placed on lockdown, with shoppers herded to the back.
@MrsSMWilliams Bartlett!! I was getting out if my car and I heard gunshots. I ran in the store!
— Kristen Cox (@PrissyKrissy10) August 30, 2013
if we were still in the store we would have been herded to the back of the store! They were on lock down. Omg
— hannah word (@Hanky_Bojanky) August 30, 2013
3. There were three alleged shoplifters; all are in custody.
The officer attempted to stop three shoplifting suspects. The suspects tried to drive off in a car. That is when the officer fired two shots hitting one of the suspects.
The officer was taken to the hospital with a knee injury.
4. This is the latest in a series of recent Walmart shootings.
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5. Bartlett has a low crime rate.
According to City Data, the crime rate of Bartlett, a suburb of Memphis, is less than half the national average.
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