LITTLE ROCK (Ark.) (AP) — Police say that an off-duty officer who was working at a Walmart as security shot and killed a suspect for shoplifting on New Year’s Eve. The suspect had attacked the officer with a knife.
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Little Rock As Assistant Police Chief Joe Miller told KARK_TV, a police officer Kreshun Sr. tried to detain an individual suspected of shoplifting in the store on Sunday night when the suspect pulled out a blade and cut his hand.
In Arkansas, police fatally shot a shoplifting suspect.
Miller reported that King pulled his gun out and ordered the man not to move toward him. He then shot the man when he refused the officer’s commands.
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According to Little Rock Police, the man who was shot died after being transported to a hospital. King was released from a hospital after being treated. He was placed in administrative leave, as is the standard procedure for shootings that involve Little Rock police officers.