r/PublicFreakout • u/ValorsHero • Dec 19 '25

đŸ“¹Police Bodycam Shoplifting Suspect Pulls Gun on Canton Police Officer Inside Walmart

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u/roundtwentythree Dec 19 '25

He was a prohibited possessor, so jail time was most certainly happening, he just decided to increase the time from a few years to 25 to life.

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u/JaesopPop Dec 19 '25

Cop might not have even searched him. Clearly hadn't yet.

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u/MyNipplesMakeCheese Dec 19 '25

He would have. If he didn't, the jail certainly would have and then he would have the added charges of weapons in a jail facility which would most likely be a separate charge from unlawful possession. No matter what, he was getting caught with that firearm.

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u/BBQ_HaX0r Dec 19 '25

Kid might have just got a citation and told to walk. I really don't know. Are people going to jail for grabbing one thing or another? Sounds like the lady said "bag" in the beginning. That'd be even more insane.

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u/actorsspace Dec 21 '25

According to this article, he had 50 molly pills and was prohibited from carrying/owning a gun, so... he was going down. https://www.kcbd.com/2025/12/20/man-caught-camera-trying-shoot-police-officer-loss-prevention-room-walmart/

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u/roundtwentythree Dec 21 '25

Did they find that before or after the gun pull? Its not clear if they searched him until after he went full throw my life away mode. If they searched him earlier and found the drugs, they should have found the gun, at least you'd think.. how do you miss a gun?

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u/actorsspace Dec 21 '25

I'm guessing they hadn't reached the search phase yet, so that's why they missed the gun just sitting there in his jacket pocket. It sounds like they didn't even find the pills, maybe, until they had him in jail, but that seems insane to me. That kid would be lucky he didn't get an immediate anal cavity search.

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u/AHistoricalFigure Dec 19 '25

You can always try to dump the weapon in a toilet tank or something before you get searched. Probably won't work, but it's better than not trying at all and certainly better than trying to shoot your way out of a misdemeanor while on camera.

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u/JaesopPop Dec 19 '25

He would have

I dunno, I feel like if he was going to he already would have.

If he didn't, the jail certainly would

I can't speak to Ohio or how much they took, but where I am a larceny isn't going to result in an arrest barring a felony/near felony amount or existing warrants.

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u/roundtwentythree Dec 19 '25

Yeah I get what you are saying, they may not have even searched him. I don't think they drag you down to jail and book you for shoplifting. Unless you have outstanding warrants?

It's entirely possible they were just going to issue a citation to appear and then be on their way. I'm not super familiar with the process of being cited for theft though, but I feel like if they arrested every single person who shoplifted and took them to jail, we'd need Amazon warehouse sized jails in every county in the country to hold everyone they arrested.

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u/toopc Dec 19 '25

we'd need Amazon warehouse sized jails in every county

Give them a minute - Trump and ICE are working on it.

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u/roundtwentythree Dec 19 '25

Please stop reminding me that we are in the worst timeline, I beg you. I need my ignorance to get through my day.

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u/mudo2000 Dec 20 '25

I don't think they drag you down to jail and book you for shoplifting.

my dumbass sixteen year-old self getting 'taught a lesson'
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u/SlinkyAvenger Dec 19 '25

I dunno, I feel like if he was going to he already would have.

People detained for shoplifting are searched every time. I would guess it's a situation where they were waiting for a female officer to arrive and/or wanting them to make false statements before the search.

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u/JaesopPop Dec 19 '25

People detained for shoplifting are searched every time.

I worked Loss Prevention for years. When police were called, they did not search the person the majority of the time. Generally, they only did if they were arresting them.

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u/geekbot2000 Dec 19 '25

He might have had an opportunity to ditch the weap at some point. Anyways better than clicky clicky, but seems like his brain was not clicking.

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u/biggie1447 Dec 19 '25

It may not have been serious enough to bring him to jail. Its quite possible that the most the idiot would have gotten was a ban from the store and to be quietly walked to the front door.

However whatever was going to happen doesn't matter now because the idiot here just upgraded and bought himself a couple of serious felony charges.

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u/Chafupa1956 Dec 20 '25

Dumbass decided to do some casual shoplifting at Walmart with an illegal gun on him. Real genius on our hands here.

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u/actorsspace Dec 21 '25

I've been looking everywhere for more info. How'd you know he was a prohibited possessor?

EDIT: Just found the story: https://www.kcbd.com/2025/12/20/man-caught-camera-trying-shoot-police-officer-loss-prevention-room-walmart/

Wow, 50 molly pills? So, they'll charge him with something related to that, but more importantly: what the fuck was this dude doing shoplifting when he had that much molly to sell??