The employee was taken to a local hospital, while the shooting suspect was arrested
A Walmart employee in North Carolina was injured in a shooting Sunday night after they confronted a customer who allegedly tried to steal merchandise, according to a local media report.
Police in Pineville, North Carolina, a suburb of Charlotte , responded to the Walmart after the alleged shoplifter left the store and returned with a gun and shot the employee in the knee, according to a report by CBS affiliate WBTV .
The employee was taken to a local hospital, while the shooting suspect was arrested, according to WBTV.
No other information was immediately available.