Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 84437.015 - Employee is shot and killed by shoplifter stealing TV sets.

Accident Summary Nr: 84437.015 -- Report ID: 0418100 -- Event Date: 04/10/2016
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1139370.015	04/12/2016		453998	Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

Abstract: At 10:00 p.m. on April 10, 2016, an employee was working as a loss prevention officer at a store in Georgia. He saw a customer with three boxed television sets in his cart. The customer was leaving the store without paying. The employee approached the customer to ask for a receipt. The customer did not have a receipt and turned his back to the employee. Reaching for the customers elbow, the employee asked the customer to follow him back into the store. The customer turned around and shot the employee point blank range in the torso. The employee collapsed to the floor. He was killed.

Keywords: Workplace Violence

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1139370.015	25	M	Fatality

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