Burlington Coat Factory security officer shoots shoplifter
San Francisco CA Aug 16 2017
Police have taken an armed security officer and a shoplifter into custody after a reported theft ended in a shooting.
A call of a shooting at the Burlington Coat Factory Tuesday was the result of an alleged shoplifter being shot and wounded by an armed security guard, police said.
Police said that the security officer opened fire during a confrontation with the suspect and hit him once in the right leg.
Surveillance cameras at the shop at 5th and Howard streets captured the incident around 2:37 p.m., according to police.
The alleged shoplifter was taken to San Francisco General Hospital and is in stable condition.
The case is under investigation and the security guard is in custody, but has not been arrested.
