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Armed shopper shoots at Walmart shoplifter, police say
ORANGE CITY, Fla. —Gunfire erupted in the parking lot of an Orange City Walmart store on Wednesday when an armed shopper fired shots at a suspected shoplifter, police said.
It started as a shoplifting incident inside the store on Veterans Memorial Parkway near Saxon Boulevard. A thief loaded up a cart of merchandise, and loss-prevention employees tried to stop him as he left the store, officials said.
Authorities said the shoplifter, identified as Eddie McKee, 42, knocked Ann Buongiorno to the ground as he ran out of the store.
"I'm all still shaken up from all this," said Buongiorno. "I thought I was going to die. I was knocked down very hard, and I thought I got shot, and I was screaming at the top of my lungs."
An off-duty law enforcement officer saw McKee running for his car and ordered him to stop, but McKee fled.
Investigators said another man in the parking lot, who was identified as Jose Martinez, pulled out a gun and fired at least four shots at McKee. The back window of the car was shot out, and bullet holes were found in the trunk.
Martinez told authorities he was trying to mark McKee's car, but officials said bullets landed inches away from the cars of bystanders.
"I just thank God that he protected us," Buongiorno said.
"There was no one in danger," Martinez said.
"There is a gray sports car in Orange City on Veterans Memorial Parkway, and it has got the windshield in the back blown out, and it looks like he is running from something," said a 911 caller.
"One (man) drew a gun, opened the guy's car door, yelled, 'Freeze! Freeze!' and then fired shots," she told the dispatcher.
Buongiorno's husband said he thinks the citizen had a right to shoot.
"He came at us," said Andrew Buongiorno. "(He) threw the car in reverse, tried to run us over. That's attempted murder."
No one was shot.
There were minor injuries to two people from the store, including the woman who was pushed down, according to authorities. The shooter was taken to a hospital with some type of injury.
McKee, the alledged shoplifter was stopped near South Kepler Road and East New York Avenue in DeLand, authorities said. He faces a misdemeanor charge.
Investigators said Martinez, who fired the shots, was charged with two felonies, but he does have a concealed weapons permit.
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It started as a shoplifting incident inside the store on Veterans Memorial Parkway near Saxon Boulevard. A thief loaded up a cart of merchandise, and loss-prevention employees tried to stop him as he left the store, officials said.
Authorities said the shoplifter, identified as Eddie McKee, 42, knocked Ann Buongiorno to the ground as he ran out of the store.
"I'm all still shaken up from all this," said Buongiorno. "I thought I was going to die. I was knocked down very hard, and I thought I got shot, and I was screaming at the top of my lungs."
An off-duty law enforcement officer saw McKee running for his car and ordered him to stop, but McKee fled.
Investigators said another man in the parking lot, who was identified as Jose Martinez, pulled out a gun and fired at least four shots at McKee. The back window of the car was shot out, and bullet holes were found in the trunk.
Martinez told authorities he was trying to mark McKee's car, but officials said bullets landed inches away from the cars of bystanders.
"I just thank God that he protected us," Buongiorno said.
"There was no one in danger," Martinez said.
"There is a gray sports car in Orange City on Veterans Memorial Parkway, and it has got the windshield in the back blown out, and it looks like he is running from something," said a 911 caller.
"One (man) drew a gun, opened the guy's car door, yelled, 'Freeze! Freeze!' and then fired shots," she told the dispatcher.
Buongiorno's husband said he thinks the citizen had a right to shoot.
"He came at us," said Andrew Buongiorno. "(He) threw the car in reverse, tried to run us over. That's attempted murder."
No one was shot.
There were minor injuries to two people from the store, including the woman who was pushed down, according to authorities. The shooter was taken to a hospital with some type of injury.
McKee, the alledged shoplifter was stopped near South Kepler Road and East New York Avenue in DeLand, authorities said. He faces a misdemeanor charge.
Investigators said Martinez, who fired the shots, was charged with two felonies, but he does have a concealed weapons permit.
Read more:
http://www.wesh.com/news/central-florida/volusia-county/Armed-shopper-shoots-at-Walmart-shoplifter-police-say/-/12983450/19107006/-/prwfmy/-/index.html
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Former Mini Mart Magnate
I am just here for my amusement.
there are a large group of these gun nut lunatics out there so pumped up on insanity and hate from watching hours of Fox news that they LITERALLY cant wait to shoot someone. These nut-cases will take a life over an inanimate object.
Ironically, the opposite of WWJD.
Anyone who thinks everyone should carry is as big of a moron as this guy. Opening fire in public places is horribly dangerous and stupid and should never be done unless a LIFE (not a loaf of f'king bread) is in danger.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WibmcsEGLKo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWWOJGYZYpk
If you want a laugh go to the link, watch the video and watch this part, it's at about 2:15..... she deserves an oscar.
Well said.
Former Mini Mart Magnate
I am just here for my amusement.
This place usually has several posts daily that qualify for "dumbest post of the day".
Congratulations, young man, you've outdone yourself. There isn't anyone here that can post anything close to that level of stupidity.
You're a smarter guy than that.
Very true, truth hurts though.
AC you are one ignorant MOFO- Dumbest post of the year. I guess people watching the gay and lesbian channel are going to go out and molest children because they are all pumped up on homosexuality.
It's not the homosexuals molesting children it's the Christians.
Nice straw man,talk about ignorant, child molestation is not the same as homosexuality. One is a crime for starters.
One too many times back stage alter boy? Priests are pedophiles not homosexuals. A female teacher who has sex with a male minor student is gay?
Wow. You have some serious issues dude.
Geez... sounds about as dumb as people shooting other people because of Fox News.
You posted a rather ignorant false equivalence and the best you got is "but FOX"
So if a male teacher has sex with a female minor student is he
A- flaming ****
B- Closet homosexual
C- Scumbag child molester
No need to answer you are too confused from the get go.
All right then, I guess people watching the Christian Television channel are going to go out and molest children because they are all pumped up on Jesus?
Former Mini Mart Magnate
I am just here for my amusement.
Who is the dumbarse in this equation? You must be lacking a sarcasm radar or be the most miserably unimaginative SOB on this board.
No I think they are sexually repressed and children are an easy mark. Christians have nothing to do with Jesus nowadays.
LOL!!!! don't trip backpeddling. You did no such thing. FOX news and gun nuts go hand in hand, ironic Zimmerman went on Hannity. You failed at drawing out a parallel to bash AC and came up short,way short.See, Cadman did it the right way.
From what you post it falls in line with your logical skill set. People learn something new everyday,why are you fighting what I just taught you.
Didn't the Pope pull a Palin when news of gay priests in bath houses and allegations of male prostition were coming out?
But hey, can't we all just love the sinner
Sounds like there's been a little to much loving going on in the Vatican and the Boy Scouts and the Republican internships.
I sure succeeded in making you look stupid though... it was honestly not that hard. :grin
Maybe you should change your name to Plan D...
I can change a "look", but you can't fix your stupid though
Now you are espousing honesty? where's my Zippo.
Plan F. You don't need a zippo, being that you are already a flaming idiot and all...
come on now, put mommy back on
This is too funny. Apparently you ARE really lacking a sarcasm radar.
Stupidity=sarcasm from you. thanx for clearing the air.
Please, by all means stay the course