Shopping for veggies got scary at a Florida Walmart when deputies with guns pulled began pursuing an extortion suspect through the produce section, body camera video shows.
The 35-year-old suspect — a convicted felon — was found to be hiding two stolen guns when caught outside, the Marion County Sheriff’s Office said in an Aug. 26 news release.
The chase happened around 5 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 25, at a Walmart in Dunnellon, about a 90-mile drive north from Tampa.
“Deputies located his vehicle in the parking lot of the Walmart … Deputies entered the store and located (him) in the produce section pushing a shopping cart,” officials said.
“He observed the deputies and began to flee throughout the store to a side exit.”
The pursuit ended when the man fell to his knees in the parking lot and put his hands on his head, video shows.
A search revealed he was carrying “a stolen handgun, ammunition and two clear pipes that tested positive for fentanyl,” officials said. The man then led deputies to another stolen firearm, a shotgun, “stashed” next to a bush at the store, officials said.