A man and woman caught shoplifting at a Walgreens barely had a whiff of victory as they exited the store before being approached by employees. Fine, you got pinched, give it back and go home, or make a run for it as I’m almost positive the DA won’t charge you anyway, right? Not a chance. This one ends with shots fired and one less violent criminal on the streets. 

The shooting was reported at around 2:10 am outside Walgreens on Torrence Ave., in Calumet City, Illinois. According to authorities, a 42-year-old man and a 48-year-old woman were stopped by employees after walking out of the store with the stolen loot. Employees were able to take back the merchandise from the woman, who must have stayed in school longer than her partner, as she had the good sense to cut her losses and take off on foot, successfully fleeing the scene. 

The man, however, had different plans as he brandished a gun pointing it at the workers and causing me to wonder what in the world he could possibly steal from Walgreens that was worth escalating things to this level. My guess is either Campbell’s Star Wars Edition condensed soup or a 10-second Flex-Tip Digital Thermometer. 

According to the Calumet City Police Department, one of the Walgreens employees who possessed a concealed carry license responded by opening fire with his own weapon, striking the suspect in the chest before he fled injured. The man was found soon afterward by Calumet Police driving a vehicle in the 1600 block of Sibley Boulevard near Yates Avenue. Obviously wounded, the suspect was rushed to a local trauma center where he later died from his injuries. 

According to the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office, the man who took the room temperature challenge was identified as Mario Almendarez of Chicago. The female who fled the scene has not yet been identified. 

Criminals do the darndest things, and sure, I like to poke fun at them from time to time because my parents had a sense of humor and named me Darwin, obligating me to respect the theory of natural selection and ultimately making me feel like I have a say in who wins an award with my name on it. In any event, the real question of interest here is whether or not our shooter kept his job with Walgreens after the incident.

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19 COMMENTS

    • Simply following the perps out of the store and confronting them will get you fired. Regardless of whether you are armed or not.

    • He was on his way out anyway, as part of their 1,200 store closings following a $3Billion loss. Stores like this one that lose more money in 5 finger discounts than they turn in profit will just close up shop, and the same dems that refuse to prosecute the theives will complain about corporate greed as the cause of food and pharmacy “deserts.”

      • Would love to see how many of the stores are clustered in states/regions that generally don’t lock up or effectively prosecute criminals through various means…….or I could just take a ride around the various Blue sections of NY and play count the open businesses after 6pm.

      • The Dems need to put down their well-worn copy of M@rx and read some Keynes and Thomas Sowell.

  2. At least the dead man died a little smarter and had time to regret his stupidity. Not that the new knowledge will do him any good anymore.

  4. I read where Walgreens was closing 1200 stores probably thanks to biden/harris nomics. Perhaps the perps were helping liquidate inventory? Nonetheless the plan went much better than yesterday’s Bret and cackles clown show.

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    • Oh geez I was just on Sibley Blvd in Cal City going to an estate sale. 10 or 12 miles from where we live. As we left awhile ago I noticed little Mexican children playing on a playground. Almendarez sounds like the Spanish contingent invading(I have Mexican neighbors who are great). Calumet City is nowhere I’d be at night!

        • Legally or recently arrived to a sanctuary city? No way to tell right off the bat but it is a good question to ask for a lot of people “from NY” lately.

  6. Amen!!!

    The civil liability that results from a legally armed employee shooting a violent criminal greatly exceeds the financial consequences of an unarmed employee getting murdered by a violent criminal. I believe that most States even impose serious limitations on an employer’s liability for the later scenario but none on the former.

  7. I just paid $10.79 for a frozen pizza. I was going to steal it however when I stuck it in my pants the frozen caused my _____ to shrink and my pants fell off.

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