![]() Big Bear Store Owner to ban guns in store Pictured, Laquitta Willis Decatur cashier shot dead. Palmetto, Georgia man shoots dead cashier at Decatur Big Bear Supermarket (pictured). ‘I don’t know what the world is coming to - period.’ Pictured, Victor Lee Tucker Georgia man who shot dead Victor Lee Tucker Jr. ‘I have a friend who works in this store and I think it was her who got shot and it’s just really sad,’ witness Marquisha White told WSOC-TV. ![]() Tucker was hit ‘a couple of times’ Maddox said and was taken to Grady Memorial Hospital in stable condition.Ī bullet grazed a second cashier who was treated at the scene for her injury, according to the GBI.Ī regard outside the Big Bear store stipulated shoppers being required to wear a face mask inside the store 11alive reports. ‘As you see, he’s continuing to do what he does to make sure that everybody is safe as they go in and out of that store.’ĭekalb County police officers arrested Tucker as he tried to crawl out of the grocery store, according to the GBI. ‘He is a stand-up, professional individual and he loves what he does,’ Sheriff Maddox said. The officer, who authorities didn’t publicly identify, is being treated at Atlanta Medical Center and was in stable condition at the Monday afternoon according to FOX8. Reserve deputies are certified law enforcement officers who don’t actively work for an agency and can volunteer or work part time security jobs. ‘This is what he is trained to do,’ Maddox said. Suspect tried to crawl out of store after shoot out Image via DeKalb County, GA police bookings. Palmetto, Georgia man shoots dead cashier at Decatur Big Bear Supermarket following dispute over face mask. The bulletproof vest he was wearing likely saved his life, Maddox said. ![]() The off-duty deputy, who was providing security for the store at the time, shot the gunman but was hit twice during the exchange of gunfire, according to the GBI. veteran, who was working with the sheriff’s office as a reserve deputy, DeKalb County Sheriff Melody Maddox said. One of several people in the store at the time of the shooting was a 30-year DeKalb County Police Dept. She was rushed to an area hospital where she was pronounced dead. Tucker walked out without buying anything but immediately returned, pulling out a handgun and allegedly shooting the cashier, since identified as 41 year old woman, Laquitta Willis, shortly after 1 p.m. Victor Lee Tucker, Jr., 30, of Palmetto, Georgia, was checking out Monday just past noon, when he got into an argument over refusing to wear a mask with a female cashier at Big Bear Supermarket in Decatur, according to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. Suspect had prior rap sheet.Ī dispute over a face mask at a Georgia grocery store led to a store cashier being shot dead along with the suspect and a deputy wounded according to reports. Victor Lee Tucker, Palmetto, Georgia man shoots dead cashier at Decatur Big Bear Supermarket following dispute over face mask. Palmetto, Georgia man shoots Laquitta Willis Decatur Ga.
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