{"id":369327,"date":"2025-12-25T12:52:14","date_gmt":"2025-12-25T12:52:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/369327\/"},"modified":"2025-12-25T12:52:14","modified_gmt":"2025-12-25T12:52:14","slug":"nc-walmart-shots-fired-fight-inside-retail-giant-ends-in-gunfire-customers-disarm-man-hold-him-until-police-arrive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/369327\/","title":{"rendered":"NC Walmart shots fired | Fight inside retail giant ends in gunfire, customers disarm man, hold him until police arrive"},"content":{"rendered":"

WILSON, N.C. (WTVD) — A scary shopping day for customers after shots were fired inside a Walmart in Wilson, North Carolina. The store closed after the incident and didn’t reopen.<\/p>\n

According to police, the shooting happened around 11:08 a.m. Christmas Eve morning at the supercenter on Forest Hill Road.<\/p>\n

Eyewitnesses tell ABC11<\/a> they were evacuated as officers responded to a shots-fired inside the store call.<\/p>\n

“I heard the gunshots, and I just instantly went, OK, this is a scary situation,” Austin St. Peter said. “I need to get me and my mother out of here.”<\/p>\n

Police said while responding to the scene, officers were informed that customers inside the store had disarmed one of the suspects and were restraining him until they arrived.<\/p>\n

Wilson police<\/a> identified the person being held by customers as 19-year-old Ashton Marcal Pittman.<\/p>\n

Investigators say Pittman and another person got into an altercation near a barbershop inside the store and shots were fired. During that altercation, police say a third person, Jordan Battle, pointed a gun at Pittman as he was leaving the barbershop.<\/p>\n

Pittman and Battle engaged in a physical fight and a shot was fired from Battle’s gun, police said. That’s when customers intervened, disarmed Pittman and restrained him until Wilson police officers arrived.<\/p>\n

Pittman and Battle were each charged with attempted first-degree murder.<\/p>\n

“It’s a bit scary,” Christian Avis said after driving from Roanoke Rapids. “It’s a shame, really, right before Christmas.”<\/p>\n

They were booked into the Wilson County Jail with no bond.<\/p>\n

One customer said she was shocked by what happened.<\/p>\n

“I’m really shocked. This is usually a safe place for everyone to come. Wilson is not but so big. And, you know, we don’t have a lot of options, but for the Walmart to be closed down, I’m sure it’s affecting a lot of people,” Tiashell Richardson said.<\/p>\n

Police say no injuries were reported and the investigation is ongoing.<\/p>\n

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The Wilson Police Department is encouraging anyone with information regarding this case to contact them at 252-399-2323 or Crime Stoppers at 252-243-2255.
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