PEMBROKE PINES, Fla. – A GameStop employee posted a $25,000 bond Thursday morning. He is accused of manslaughter for capturing a shoplifter on the Pembroke Pines retailer on Tuesday evening.
Local 10 News stuck up with Derrick Guerrero, 33, as he was once leaving the Broward County Jail.
Local 10 News requested Guerrero what came about within the GameStop and whilst he wouldn’t touch upon that, he did solution every other query.
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“I am extremely sorry to the family,” stated Guerrero.
Pembroke Pines police stated Guerrero fatally shot a shoplifter on the retailer, situated at 11069 Pines Blvd., round 8:16 p.m. Tuesday.
Detectives stated that the sufferer was once within the retailer for greater than an hour after which requested Guerrero to get him some products from the again of the shop.
“When the manager went to retrieve that merchandise, the victim went behind the front counter of the business to shoplift some merchandise and leave the store with that merchandise,” stated Pembroke Pines police Maj. Al Xiques.
The guy then ran towards the shop’s entrance door with the products when Guerrero grabbed a gun from his waistband and fired a unmarried shot, placing the sufferer within the torso, investigators stated.
While he was once ready to post bond, he will have to give up all of his firearms. As he was once leaving the prison, a GPS track may be observed round his ankle.
The shoplifter, according to the Associated Press, grabbed 5 bins of Pokemon Scarlet & Violet “ultra-premium” buying and selling playing cards, consistent with a police document. The playing cards retail for $120 a field.
After he was once shot, the sufferer ran outdoor to a pickup truck, the place a lady referred to as police. The sufferer, consistent with the Associated Press, died 3 hours later.
Store safety cameras confirmed the shoplifter by no means threatened Guerrero and didn’t show any guns, subsequently Florida’s “stand your ground law” would no longer observe on this case.
The legislation lets in the use of fatal drive if there is a danger of demise or nice physically hurt to themselves or others, nevertheless it does no longer permit it merely to give protection to belongings.
Local 10 News has tried to achieve out to the sufferer’s circle of relatives however they’ve requested for privateness.
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