Overview
- Police say the confrontation unfolded Thursday afternoon inside the loss-prevention office at the Walmart on Atlantic Boulevard in Canton.
- Video shows Shane C.L. Newman, 21, pull a handgun, aim at the officer and pull the trigger, with an audible click heard on the recording.
- A Walmart loss-prevention employee and the officer wrestled the gun away and subdued Newman, and no shots were fired.
- Newman faces charges including attempted murder, felonious assault on a peace officer, robbery, aggravated possession of drugs and having a weapon under disability.
- Co-suspect Katerina Jeffrey was charged with complicity to commit robbery, and Canton Police publicly released the video as the chief emphasized the risks officers face.