Home Depot employee killed while trying to stop shoplifting, suspects in custody.
TL;DR
A 26-year-old Home Depot loss prevention employee, Blake Mohs, was shot and killed while trying to stop a shoplifter in Pleasanton. The suspect, a 32-year-old woman, shot Mohs during a confrontation and fled the scene with a 31-year-old man driving the getaway car. The woman's 2-year-old child was reportedly inside the car at the time. Both suspects were detained by Alameda County Sheriff's deputies, and the male suspect has been booked into Santa Rita County Jail. The woman suspect will reportedly be booked after she receives medical treatment.
- Pleasanton Home Depot employee Blake Mohs identified as victim shot, killed during shoplifting confrontation KGO-TV
- Home Depot worker fatally shot in California was trying to stop shoplifting, witnesses say Fox News
- Witnesses say victim killed in Pleasanton Home Depot shooting was trying to stop theft KTVU FOX 2 San Francisco
- Suspects tied to shooting outside Pleasanton store taken into custody East Bay Times
- Update: Police identify victim, suspects in Home Depot shooting; toddler was in getaway car CBS San Francisco
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