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Walgreens employee claims self defense after shooting pregnant alleged shoplifter, resulting in early birth
Police in Tennessee are investigating a claim from a Walgreens employee that he shot a pregnant woman who is alleged to have been a shoplifter. In a , the Nashville Police Department says that a Walgreens team leader shot a pregnant woman in the parking lot outside the store just before 8 p.m. on Wednesday. "The wounded suspected shoplifter, Travonsha Ferguson, 24, is in critical but stable condition at a local hospital," the press release stated. "Ferguson was seven months pregnant. An emergency C-Section was performed. The child, who was...
Walgreens employee claims self-defense in shooting of pregnant woman workers say was caught shoplifting
A woman who was seven-months pregnant was shot by a Walgreens employee in Nashville, Tennessee, this week after he suspected she had stolen cosmetics from its pharmacy, police said. Now, she and her newborn baby remain hospitalized after undergoing an emergency C-Section. A Walgreens team leader shot 24-year-old Travonsha Ferguson in the store's parking lot on Wednesday evening after he followed her out of the store when he was tipped off to the alleged shoplifting, Nashville police said in a news statement. Mitarius Boyd, 21, claims he fired his semi-automatic...
A pregnant woman suspected of shoplifting at a Tennessee Walgreens was shot by an employee, police said. Authorities are now investigating the employee's self defense claim.
• Two women — one pregnant — were suspected of shoplifting and one was shot by a Walgreens employee, per police. • The employee said he used his firearm out of fear for his life after he was maced by one of the women, police said. • His self-defense claim is under investigation, police said. A pregnant woman suspected of shoplifting at a Tennessee Walgreens was shot by an employee who confronted her and had to undergo an emergency C-section, local police said. The incident happened at a Walgreens location...
Nashville Walgreens worker shoots pregnant shoplifting suspect, forcing emergency C-Section
NASHVILLE – A 34-year-old woman is in critical condition and required an emergency cesarean section after she was shot by a Nashville Walgreens employee during a confrontation over stolen merchandise. The shooting took place just before 8 p.m. in the parking lot of the store in East Nashville, less than four miles northeast of downtown, according to the Metro Nashville Police Department. Homicide detectives are investigating a self-defense claim of the store's team leader who they say shot the suspected shoplifter. The wounded woman was seven months pregnant when she...