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SHOPLIFTERS SHOOT AT JC PENNEY SECURITY GUARDS

FEBRUARY 24 2012

 

PLEASANT HILL CA  – An attempt by a group of women to shoplift items from a store at the Sunvalley Mall resulted in gunfire and the arrest of four suspects, police said.

 

Concord police responded to the JCPenney parking lot about 5:45 p.m. after members of the store’s security team tried to detain the four women after noticing the shoplifting attempt, Corp. David Dunkley said in a news release.

 

But the women fought back, assaulting two of the agents and pulling out a gun and firing several shots at the security agents, Dunkley said. The loss prevention officers escaped and was not by the gunfire, but the commotion helped the four suspects escape, two of them fleeing through the parking lot on foot and the other two in a vehicle.

 

Police located the fleeing vehicle and ordered the suspects out of at gunpoint and arrested the women after finding evidence inside that linked them to the JCPenney robbery, Dunkley said.

 

The names and ages of the suspects were not immediately available late Thursday, but police said all were adults.

 

All four women were arrested on suspicion of robbery, assault with a deadly weapon, battery, brandishing a firearm, possession of a loaded and concealed firearm, possession of stolen property and threatening a victim/witness to a crime, Dunkley said. They were to be taken to County Jail in Martinez.

 

Article from Private Officer International