MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A Memphis man is dealing with prices after he allegedly cornered a Household Greenback worker with a automobile after stealing from the shop.
On Thursday, officers responded to an aggravated assault and theft name on the Household Greenback on South Mendenhall Street close to Winchester.
Memphis police say staff noticed 30-year-old Jeremy Jennings stealing youngsters’s clothes and diapers. He had reportedly taken $133 price of things.
In response to police, staff tried to cease Jennings as he was leaving the enterprise. The supervisor got here out and requested Jennings to return the gadgets. Jennings reportedly advised the supervisor, “I simply walked out and obtained a gun.”
Police say Jennings then ran throughout the car parking zone towards a grey Honda Accord. Retailer managers and different staff obtained into their autos to attempt to catch Jennings. Police say Jennings was trapped contained in the automobile and requested to return the merchandise.
Memphis police say the driving force of the grey Honda obtained out of the automobile and tried to defuse the state of affairs. The shop supervisor and staff then obtained right into a bodily combat with Jennings.
Memphis police say the combat continued when Jennings obtained into the driving force’s aspect of the Honda and retailer managers moved to the passenger aspect of the automobile.
Police say Jennings put the Honda in reverse and pinned the shop supervisor between the Honda and the supervisor’s car.
In response to police, the shop supervisor pulled out a gun and fired between three and 4 pictures into the Honda’s engine block. The pictures briefly disabled the automobile.
Memphis police say surveillance video from the car parking zone supported the supervisor’s and witnesses’ account of the incident.
Jennings has been charged with aggravated assault and theft of property.
