A 26-year-old man tried to pull out a gun on deputies inside a Walmart in Spanaway on Tuesday, according to the Pierce County Sheriff’s Department.
The sheriff’s department gave the following account in a Facebook post and video.
Two deputies were alerted to a possible shoplifter inside a Walmart in Spanaway at 8:40 p.m. on Sept. 24. They found a man removing tags from clothing in the store. Asked by loss prevention staff to trespass him from the store, deputies approached the man and said he needed to come with them to the loss prevention office to talk about his suspicious behavior. While they were walking, the man began trying to open a bag slung around his shoulder on his back.
Deputies told him not to open the bag. When he started to reach for it again, they grabbed him to keep him from opening it. He resisted, and they pinned him to the ground and handcuffed him, then walked him to the loss prevention office.
When deputies searched his bag, they found a gun. The man was booked into Pierce County Jail. Records indicated he was a convicted felon and had a warrant for assault in the second degree.