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Man pulls knife on Wal-Mart employees
A McKinney police car sits outside the Wal-Mart Supercenter on McKinney Ranch Parkway on Monday after an unidentified man pulled a knife on the store’s employees and led police on a short car chase into Allen. This photo and more are available through MyCapture at www.scntx.com. Photo: Danny Gallagher/McKinney Courier-Gazette
BY DANNY GALLAGHER, McKinney Courier-Gazette
McKinney Police Department officials said an unidentified suspect tried to slash at Wal-Mart employees with a knife and led police on a car chase before he was arrested Monday in Allen.
McKinney police Capt. Randy Roland said the alleged attempted assault took place about 4:40 p.m. at the store located in the 5000 block of McKinney Ranch-Parkway. Officers took the suspect into custody about 20 minutes later.
Several days prior to the incident, the unidentified suspect was caught shoplifting from the same Wal-Mart store by security cameras but he eluded store officials before he could be apprehended. The suspect returned to the store Monday and a store manager and several store employees approached him, Roland said.
Store officials called police officials and gave them a description of the suspect and the vehicle. Officers in the area caught up with the vehicle, but the suspect did not pull over when prompted by police, so a short chase ensued.
Police chased the suspect’s vehicle into Allen, where he was taken into custody, Allen police Capt. Robert Flores said.
Roland said after police put the suspect in the back seat of a squad car, he continued to struggle with officers and kicked out a rear window, causing some minor cuts and scrapes to a McKinney police officer.
Collin County sheriff’s deputies were still booking the man into Collin County Detention Center, so his identity could not be released or confirmed by presstime.
Wal-Mart store officials could not be reached for comment.
Contact Danny Gallagher at dgallagher@acnpapers.com. To post comments, access this story on the Web at www.scntx.com.
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Officer Bob wrote on Aug 28, 2007 8:50 PM:
" Why didn't they spray him down with some lavendar scented mace? Hope this loser gets the chair. "
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