July 25, 2010 Shoplifters pull gun on K-Mart LP agent www.privateofficer.com
Puyallup WA July 25 2010 Police are looking for a woman who tried to steal over $1,000 worth of items from the K-Mart on River Road and her getaway driver, who pulled a gun on a security guard as he tried to stop her.
Lt. Scott Engle says that a woman entered the store around 7:10 p.m. and started taking items from around the store. After she had taken what she wanted, she tried to flee the store through an emergency exit to a waiting grey 1988 Honda Civic.
The store’s loss prevention officer quickly acted to stop the woman, and caught up with her at the waiting vehicle. But the man driving the car got out of the vehicle, approached the store employee, pulled a large caliber revolver from his waistband and demanded that the woman be let go. She was released, after which she jumped in the car and it sped off. It was last seen heading west on River Road toward Tacoma. But the merchandise she tried to take was left behind.
Photos from the store’s surveillance video have been released by the Puyallup Police Major Crimes Unit, showing the woman while she was inside the K-Mart. She is only described as a while female, and her driver as a white male.
Lt. Engle told KOMO NewsRadio’s Molly Grant that investigators believe that the Honda Civic they drove off in was stolen earlier in the day from the Wal-Mart on the South Hill. He said the male suspect is thought to have committed a theft in the Wal-Mart before he stole the car, and investigators are working with store managers to see if he was caught by that store’s surveillance video system.
The gun used in the K-Mart incident is also believed to be stolen, having been taken from a vehicle parked at a South Hill park and ride earlier in the day.
Anyone with information on the woman is asked to call the Puyallup Police Tip Line at 253-770-3343
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