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Gun Fails as Suspected Shoplifter Points Weapon at Canton Officer Inside Walmart

Prosecutors charged the 21-year-old with attempted murder, with bail reportedly set at $1 million.

Overview

  • Bodycam and store video show Shane Newman, 21, pull a handgun, aim at a Canton police officer and pull the trigger as an audible click is heard.
  • A Walmart loss prevention employee lunged in and helped disarm Newman, and no one was injured.
  • Newman faces counts including attempted murder, felonious assault on a police officer, robbery, aggravated possession of drugs and having weapons under disability.
  • He is being held in Stark County on a reported $1 million bond after an initial search missed the concealed gun and the officer had just been alerted to an active warrant labeling him armed and dangerous.
  • Companion Katerina Jeffrey, 23, was charged with complicity to commit robbery and a weapons-related offense after ammunition was found, and reports on why the gun did not fire remain unconfirmed.