Texas Woman Turns Herself In After Shooting Purse Thief Outside Walmart (Video) [View all]

A Texas woman who shot at a man who allegedly tried to steal an elderly woman’s purse turned herself in, police say.

On the afternoon of November 20, witnesses say a man tried to steal a purse from an elderly woman while she and another woman were unloading groceries in the parking lot of the Bellmead, Texas, Walmart Supercenter. The thief ran off with the purse while four or five men chased after him.

Eventually, the group of men caught up with the purse-snatcher and pinned him to the ground. While they were holding him down, a woman who saw the incident from her truck parked and got out with her handgun.

She walked to the scene and pointed the gun at the purse thief. When the thief got out of the hold of the men who pinned him down, he tried to run away, but was quickly stopped when the woman fired a single shot at him.

The thief tripped as the shot was fired, but he wasn’t hit. He was recaptured. Meanwhile, the woman who fired the shot got back in her truck and drove away.

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She needs to review the rules of engagement for use of a firearm.