\n\t\t\t\t\t\tA 16-year-old was shot and killed during a shoplifting confrontation at a Walmart in Poinciana on Thursday evening, according to the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office.An off-duty deputy at the store on 904 Cypress Parkway was notified by a loss prevention officer of three men concealing merchandise in their clothing.One suspect was holding a gun as he fled. The deputy shot the suspect, who was later confirmed dead, according to Sheriff Chris Blackmon. He was identified as a 16-year-old living in Poinciana.”Our deputy fired downrange at the suspect and took him out,” Osceola County Sheriff Chris Blackmon said.In an update on Friday, OCSO said the two additional “subjects” who were with the teen have been “identified and accounted for.” One is a juvenile and the other is an adult in his 20s, OCSO said. It’s unclear if they will face any charges. Witness-recorded video of the teenager has been blurred, as well as footage of customers and three armed Good Samaritans who offered help and identified themselves to the deputy.Chopper 2 over the scene This is a developing news story and will be updated as more information becomes available.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
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A 16-year-old was shot and killed during a shoplifting confrontation at a Walmart in Poinciana on Thursday evening, according to the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office.<\/p>\n
An off-duty deputy at the store on 904 Cypress Parkway was notified by a loss prevention officer of three men concealing merchandise in their clothing.<\/p>\n
One suspect was holding a gun as he fled. The deputy shot the suspect, who was later confirmed dead, according to Sheriff Chris Blackmon. He was identified as a 16-year-old living in Poinciana.<\/p>\n
“Our deputy fired downrange at the suspect and took him out,” Osceola County Sheriff Chris Blackmon said.<\/p>\n
In an update on Friday, OCSO said the two additional “subjects” who were with the teen have been “identified and accounted for.” <\/p>\n
One is a juvenile and the other is an adult in his 20s, OCSO said. It’s unclear if they will face any charges. <\/p>\n
Witness-recorded video of the teenager has been blurred, as well as footage of customers and three armed Good Samaritans who offered help and identified themselves to the deputy.<\/p>\n
Chopper 2 over the scene <\/p>\n
This is a developing news story and will be updated as more information becomes available.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A 16-year-old was shot and killed during a shoplifting confrontation at a Walmart in Poinciana on Thursday evening,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":163508,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[29729,78197,4561,20553,28,30,29,78195,1793,1975,78193,4546,660,35368,78194,78196,215,9498,21030,2393,17456],"class_list":{"0":"post-163507","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-florida","8":"tag-active-scene","9":"tag-cypress-parkway","10":"tag-deputy","11":"tag-fatality","12":"tag-florida","13":"tag-florida-headlines","14":"tag-florida-news","15":"tag-florida-walmart-shooting","16":"tag-injury","17":"tag-kissimmee","18":"tag-kissimmee-walmart-shooting","19":"tag-more-information","20":"tag-office","21":"tag-osceola-county-sheriff","22":"tag-osceola-sheriff-walmart-shooting","23":"tag-poinciana-walmart-shooting","24":"tag-shooting","25":"tag-story","26":"tag-thursday-night","27":"tag-time","28":"tag-walmart"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163507","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=163507"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163507\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/163508"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=163507"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=163507"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=163507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}