{"id":198321,"date":"2026-03-19T21:24:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T21:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/198321\/"},"modified":"2026-03-19T21:24:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T21:24:09","slug":"bodycam-shows-deputy-shoot-suspected-shoplifter-near-orlando-walmart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/198321\/","title":{"rendered":"Bodycam shows deputy shoot suspected shoplifter near Orlando Walmart"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPEOPLE WHO WENT TO THE PARTY LIVED IN ORANGE COUNTY. JUST IN OUR FIRST LOOK AT THE MOMENT IN ORANGE COUNTY, DEPUTY OPENED FIRE ON A SUSPECTED SHOPLIFTER NEAR A WALMART AND SOME OF THE VIDEO MAY BE TOUGH TO WATCH. GET ON THE GROUND. ARE YOU GOING TO GET TASED, BRO? THIS IS FROM THE NIGHT OF FEBRUARY 22ND ALONG EAST COLONIAL DRIVE. INVESTIGATORS SAY THE DEPUTY APPROACHED JASON BEALE, WHO WAS STEALING A SHOPPING CART FULL OF THINGS, AND APPEARED TO HAVE A KNIFE JUST SECONDS AFTER DEPLOYING HIS TASER. THE DEPUTY THEN PULLED OUT HIS GUN. YOU WILL BE. HEY, DON\u2019T REACH, DON\u2019T READ. DO NOT REACH. YOU CAN HEAR SIX GUNSHOTS RIGHT THERE. BEALE WAS HIT\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

Bodycam video shows deputy shoot suspected shoplifter near Orlando Walmart<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tUpdated: 5:17 PM EDT Mar 19, 2026\n\t\t<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>>Warning: The video contains graphic imagery that may not be suitable for some viewers. Body camera video was released of an Orange County deputy firing gunshots at a suspected shoplifter near a Walmart on East Colonial Drive on Feb. 22. The deputy opened fire on a suspected shoplifter, Jason Beal, 48, near a Walmart on East Colonial Drive after he appeared to have a knife, according to the Orange County Sheriff’s Office.”Get on the ground or you’re going to get tased, bro,” the deputy warned Beal, who was reportedly stealing a shopping cart full of items.Seconds after shocking Beal with a Taser, the deputy pulled out his gun. “Taser deployed, Taser deployed. Hey, don’t reach!” the deputy said before firing six gunshots.At least one of the gunshots hit Beal, who survived the incident.The sheriff’s office said deputies found two knives on him.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

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>>Warning: The video contains graphic imagery that may not be suitable for some viewers. <\/p>\n

Body camera video was released of an Orange County deputy firing gunshots at a suspected shoplifter near a Walmart on East Colonial Drive on Feb. 22. <\/p>\n

The deputy opened fire on a suspected shoplifter, Jason Beal, 48, near a Walmart on East Colonial Drive after he appeared to have a knife, according to the Orange County Sheriff’s Office.<\/p>\n

“Get on the ground or you’re going to get tased, bro,” the deputy warned Beal, who was reportedly stealing a shopping cart full of items.<\/p>\n

Seconds after shocking Beal with a Taser, the deputy pulled out his gun. “Taser deployed, Taser deployed. Hey, don’t reach!” the deputy said before firing six gunshots.<\/p>\n

At least one of the gunshots hit Beal, who survived the incident.<\/p>\n

The sheriff’s office said deputies found two knives on him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PEOPLE WHO WENT TO THE PARTY LIVED IN ORANGE COUNTY. JUST IN OUR FIRST LOOK AT THE MOMENT…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":198322,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[8285,91872,7867,30427,855,4050,30835,91875,2392,660,139,141,140,91873,2631,91874,91876,1045],"class_list":["post-198321","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-bodycam","tag-deputy-shoot","tag-east-colonial-drive","tag-feb","tag-fire","tag-gunshot","tag-item","tag-jason-beal","tag-knife","tag-office","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news","tag-orlando-walmart","tag-sheriff","tag-shoplifter","tag-taser","tag-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198321","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=198321"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198321\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/198322"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=198321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=198321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=198321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}