Shots were fired near a police officer during the arrest of a shoplifting suspect at a Tacoma Walmart last night.
According to the Tacoma Police Department, officers were working an off-duty security detail at the store in full uniform when they were told about the suspect.
Police say that the shoplifting suspect, a juvenile boy, left the store and walked out into the parking lot. A TPD officer then tried to stop him, but he reportedly resisted, and the officer and the suspect both fell to the ground, where the suspect continued to resist arrest…