Shoplifter threatens Walmart security guard with gun in Philadelphia

Occurred January 10, 2015.


A man went into a Walmart store in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and shoplifted a 50" TV.  When security confronted him, he threatened them with a gun, then fled.

From an article:

In a brazen armed robbery, a suspect walked into a 24-hour Wal-Mart located at 1675 S. Christopher Columbus Blvd. in the city's Pennsport neighborhood around 1:55 a.m., grabbed a 50-inch television and headed for the exit, police said.

A store security guard stopped the suspect before he left the store, which is just north of Pier 70,  but the man pulled back his shirt to reveal a weapon tucked into his waistband -- all while other shoppers were nearby, authorities said.

The suspect then fled the store in an unknown direction.

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Man shot and injured in homicide attempt at Philadelphia Walmart store

Occurred January 9, 2015.

Scene of shooting at Philadelphia Walmart (screenshot source)

A man and his brother had arranged to meet another person in the parking lot of a Walmart store in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  When the other person arrived, he exited his car, walked to the passenger side of the waiting men, and opened fire, hitting the passenger multiple times in the chest, arm, and leg, before fleeing.

From an article and news video:

The 26-year-old victim was shot about 75 feet from the front door of the Walmart. The store was open at the time, and police say it's lucky there weren't more injuries.

"When the shooting took place, this Walmart was open for business," said Chief Inspector Scott Small. "There were customer cars in the parking lot, there were several customers in the Walmart, there were about 20 employees in the Walmart."

"We're very fortunate there was no one else injured and no one was struck by stray gunfire," Small continued.

Small said the shooting was recorded by store surveillance cameras.

He said it shows the gunman getting out of the driver's side of his vehicle and walking to the passenger side of another car, where the victim was sitting.

"Somehow the door opened on the victim's vehicle - the passenger front door - and shots were fired," Small said. "You can see the flash of the weapon and the shots being fired and then the victim's vehicle fleeing the scene."

Investigators say the victim had arranged to meet a person who may have owed him some money.

Because this was a pre-arranged meeting, and because it was all caught on surveillance video, police are pretty confident they know who they're looking for.

The victim had been shot in the chest, arm, and leg.

Police say the victim's vehicle was being driven by his brother, who drove the victim to Holy Redeemer Hospital in Abington Township after the shooting.

That's where police first learned of the shooting, after hospital workers alerted police about a gunshot victim.

The victim was later transferred to Temple University Hospital in guarded condition.

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Shots illegally fired by conceal carry permit holder during fight at Pennsylvania Walmart

Occurred November 16, 2014.


Two men, Joseff Baskerville, 23, and another man known as T.B. got into a fight in the parking lot of a Walmart store in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.  That's when Baskerville pulled out a Glock handgun and fired into the air.  T.B. fled, and Baskerville was arrested.

From an article:

Police responded to a report of two males shooting at each other in the parking lot of the Walmart Supercenter in the Wilkes-Barre Township Marketplace on Highland Park Boulevard and detained two men near the Cracker Barrel restaurant.

One male, identified as Joseff Baskerville, 23, of Wilkes-Barre, reported that a male known to him only as T.B. had struck him in the head with his fist, police said.

Baskerville at that time drew his weapon, a Glock 27 .40-caliber pistol, and fired rounds into the air as a warning; the unknown male fled the area, police said.

Police recovered the weapon from Baskerville and determined that he possessed a valid concealed weapons permit issued through the Luzerne County Sheriff’s Department. ...

Police determined that Rivers had an outstanding arrest warrant from the state of New Jersey. He was taken into custody, charged as a fugitive from justice and was arraigned before District Judge Martin Kane, and jailed at the Luzerne County Correctional Facility for lack of $25,000 bail.

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Gunman robs Pennsylvania Walmart of iPads

Occurred September 4, 2014.


A man walked into a Walmart store in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, and threatened a clerk with a gun, telling the clerk to fill a duffel bag with iPads.  He then kept the clerk at gunpoint until they exited the building and he fled.

From an article:

The robber entered the store on Nazareth Pike (Route 191) about 8:15 p.m., and forced a cashier at gunpoint to fill a duffel bag with iPads. The robber then walked the cashier out of the store to the front of the nearby Giant Food Store at gunpoint before taking off on foot, police said.

The cashier was not hurt.

The robber was between 18 and 20 years old, 6-foot-3-inches tall and had a crew cut hairstyle. He wore a gray, hooded sweatshirt, black shorts and black sneakers.

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Pennsylvania Walmart employee brought gun to work, fellow employees shoots self with it

Occurred January 1, 2013.


A store employee, Julian T. Picard, 22, brought a gun to work with him to a Walmart store in Carlile, Pennsylvania, and showed it to another employee.  The other employee then unintentionally shot himself in the hand with it.

Picard did not have a permit to carry the gun.

From an article:

A Walmart employee hid a gun under his sweatshirt, brought it into the store and showed it to another employee who accidentally shot himself in the hand, police say.

Carlisle Police say Julian T. Picard, 22, does not have a permit to carry a concealed weapon and has been charged with carrying without a license and disorderly conduct. Police say Picard showed the other employee the gun in loading dock area. That employee has received treatment and is doing fine.

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Bus driver robbed at gunpoint at Pennsylvania Walmart

Occurred July 3, 2014.


A female bus driver was getting into her vehicle, in the parking lot of a Walmart in Mount Pocono, Pennsylvania, when a man threatened to shooter, then robbed her.

From an article:

Police are looking for the suspect who robbed and assaulted a bus driver at the Mount Pocono Walmart two days ago.  The incident happened about 11:15 Monday night. 

The 57-year-old female driver of a bus reported that as she was getting into the vehicle, she was pushed from behind by a man demanding money and threatening to “blow her head off” if she turned around.  She felt a metal object which she assumed to be a gun.

The woman’s backpack, containing personal items but no money, was taken.

Police are looking for a black male driving a ten Chevy Trailblazer.

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Pennsylvania Walmart employee shot to death in store parking lot by ex-boyfriend

Occurred November 17, 2013.

Scene of shooting at New Brighton Walmart (source)

22-year old Mariah Anderson, an employee at a Walmart store in New Brighton, Pennsylvania, was just driving out of the parking lot after work when shots were fired into her car, killing her.  The shots were fired by her ex-boyfriend and the father of her children, 27-year-old Carlos Harper. 

Police tracked Harper down at his apartment.  Harper fired at least one shot at them with his .40-caliber handgun, then turned the gun on himself, killing himself.

Their three children, ages 1, 3, and 4, now are orphans.

Harper had been stalking her prior to that point, waiting for her after her work, and had been jailed for assaulting Anderson a week before, but was out on bond.

The victim's sister said that Mariah had been afraid to go to work because of being stalked by the shooter.

From an article:

Police said Harper shot Mariah Anderson, 22, after she was escorted to her car by a coworker outside a Walmart in Union Township, near New Castle, on Sunday night. 

Investigators say Anderson had just finished her shift at the store and was driving away in her SUV when several shots were fired into the vehicle at about 11:15 p.m. Anderson died on the way to the hospital. 

"There is some video from Walmart and some witness interviews that were done that led us to the suspect," Lt. Eric Hermick said. 

Anderson had three children, ages 1, 3, and 4, according to her sister, who also said that Anderson had recently broken up with the father of her children. She said that Anderson had filed for a protection-from-abuse order, and that police had taken the man away from the store a couple of times before Sunday.  .... 

"Every day, he'll be at her job, sitting out, waiting for her to get off so he could follow her. Every day, she would have to call the police," Anderson's sister said. "It got to the point where he was hiding in her trunk of her car and just following her around from work and having people go to her job, watching her, things of that nature." 

A criminal complaint was filed Wednesday against Harper, and it lists charges of simple assault (domestic violence), false imprisonment, indecent assault and harassment. 

Anderson is identified as the victim in that incident, which happened at her home, according to the paperwork.

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Armed suspects rob Pennsylvania Walmart

Occurred November 8, 2013.

Scene of armed robbery at Boothwyn Walmart (source)

(UPDATED -- see below)

Three men, armed with a shotgun, held up employees at a Walmart store in Boothwyn, Pennsylvania.  They fled with cash, but were quickly caught by police.

Luckily no shots were fired.

From an article:

Police say the masked gunmen held up the Walmart in the Larkins Corner Shopping Center in Boothwyn around closing time. 

They got away with a large amount of cash, but they didn't get very far. 

Police caught up with the suspects after Walmart security gave them a detailed description of the three men and the getaway vehicle. 

Upper Chichester Police caught up with them near Township Line Road and Carter Avenue in Chester Township. 

A shotgun and the cash were found in the car. 

All three suspects were taken into custody.

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UPDATE (11/12/13):  The three suspects have been named and charged.  One was a former employee of the Walmart store.  More details from an article:

Employees and customers were shaken, but not injured during the robbery, which took place at 11:15 p.m., about 45 minutes before closing. Two employees had begun collecting cash and checks from the registers at the front of the store when two men — their faces and heads covered — entered through the exit door, according to the affidavit of probable cause written by Detective John Montgomery. 

The two men, later identified as Parker and Cottman-Jordan, allegedly accosted the two employees who had placed some $29,000 in cash and $50,000 in checks into a locked box in a shopping cart. The suspect ordered the employees to let go of the shopping cart, but the employees refused. Cottman-Jordan, who was wearing a red hoodie, then allegedly pulled out a black rifle and pointed it at the employees, again ordering them to let go of the cart. 

Fearing for their lives, the employees complied. Parker and Cottman-Jordan fled with the cart containing the cash and checks, according to the court document. 

Witnesses told police the two suspects pushed the cart to an occupied gray or silver Dodge, which was waiting outside of the store. The two tossed the contents of the cart into the trunk, jumped into the car and sped away, according to police. Witnesses said the trunk of the Dodge was still open when the car drove away. 

Information about the getaway car was broadcast over police radio. 

Several minutes later, Trainer Police Officer Matthew McCusker spotted a silver Dodge Avenger leaving the Conchester Highway at Township Line Road at a high rate of speed, its trunk still open. McCusker radioed for backup, then stopped the vehicle at Carter Road with assistance from officers from Trainer, Lower Chichester and Marcus Hook. 

When police approached the car, several blue deposit bags reportedly were seen in the open trunk, the affidavit states. 

Loper, the driver of the car, was identified as a former Wal-Mart employee, police said. He, Parker and Cottman-Jordan were ordered out of the car. The two store employees were driven to the scene and identified the getaway car and Parker and Cottman-Jordan as the men who robbed them at gunpoint, police said. 

The three suspects were transported to police headquarters, where 15 bags of heroin allegedly were found in Cottman-Jordan’s possession, according to the affidavit. 

Investigators located a black Mossberg .22-caliber rifle in front of the Wal-Mart near a bench, according to the court document. The serial number of the rifle had been altered, the affidavit states.

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Shoplifter found with loaded gun and drugs in Pennsylvania Walmart

Occurred October 9, 2013.


25-year old Diayellon Pichardo was caught shoplifting in a Walmart in Hazleton, Pennsylvania.  When police arrived, they found on the man a loaded .22 caliber handgun that had been reported stolen and a large amount of illegal drugs.  The man did not have a permit for the gun.

From an article:

Troopers said they were called to Walmart for a retail theft Pichardo was allegedly involved and while searching him found three smaller bags of suspected cocaine, five white pills and 152 baggies of suspected heroin.  Troopers also found loaded and concealed .22 caliber handgun that was reported stolen from West Hazleton, court papers state.

Store loss prevention spotted Pichardo and another man attempting to exit the store with merchandise they didn't pay for and detained them. court papers state.

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Man with realistic-looking pellet gun attempts robbery at Pennsylvania Walmart

Occurred July 23, 2013.


A man, Orlando Coleman Jr., entered a Walmart store in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, produced a gun, and pointed it at a sales clerk, demanding money.  When the clerk refused, he then fled.  He was captured soon after.  The gun, it turns out, was a realistic-looking Airsoft pellet gun.

From an article:

According to state police, the suspect pointed a weapon at the clerk and demanded money. 

However, authorities say the man left after the clerk told him she was not able to open the drawer unless a purchase was made. 

The suspect, identified by police as Orlando Coleman Jr. of Uniontown, was arrested about a half mile from the store while walking along Route 40 with his girlfriend. 

State police say they also recovered an Airsoft BB-type weapon. 

Coleman is facing charges of simple assault and criminal attempt to commit armed robbery.

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Man with gun license unintentionally shoots himself in Pennsylvania Walmart parking lot

Scene of unintentional shooting at State College Walmart

Occurred July 9, 2013.


A man carrying a concealed handgun, with a conceal carry license, was in the parking lot of a Walmart store in State College, Pennsylvania, when the gun fell out of its holster.  When he tried to pick it up, he unintentionally discharged it, striking himself in the hand.

From an article:

According to Petrick, the 45-year-old victim was walking through the Walmart parking lot when a passing driver waved him across the road, "He jogged across the traffic way, the gun fell out of his holster, he picks it up and it discharges," says Petrick. 

"He had several bags in his hand and was rushing to pick up the gun and got tangled up." 

The gunshot, fired from a .40 caliber Glock, struck the man in his right hand. 

He was taken to Mount Nittany Medical Center for treatment. There's no word on the extent of his injuries. 

Petrick says no one else was hurt and, "The bullet fell right there on the asphalt." 

The victim has a valid firearm carry permit. No charges will be filed.

He's lucky no one was killed -- this time.  With no charges, there's nothing to stop it from happening again.

Remember, Walmart supports conceal carry in its stores.  This is at least the 9th time someone with a legally concealed handgun has unintentionally or purposely shot themselves or others at Walmart stores in 2012 or 2013.

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Pennsylvania man shoots and kills girlfriend with shotgun shells purchased at Walmart

Occurred May 21, 2013.


Gregory Twyman, 44, posted a picture on Facebook of shotgun shells he had purchased at Walmart the week before and announced his plans to kill his girlfriend, in Chester County, Pennsylvania.

The next day, as he planned, he shot his girlfriend, Jamica Woods, several times in the torso with his shotgun.  He then called 911 to turn himself in.

From an article (bolding added):

"Jamica Woods was a kind and loving mother," District Attorney Tom Hogan said in a statement. "This crime was a cold-blooded execution. We will seek justice for Jamica's death."
Woods was killed by several shotgun wounds to her torso. 

In Hogan's notice of intent to seek the death penalty, he says Twyman has "a significant history of felony convictions involving the use or threat of violence to the person," an aggravating circumstance in support of a death sentence. 

The day before the shooting, Twyman posted a photo of a shotgun shell he bought at Walmart on his Facebook page. 

A friend asked what it was, and he identified it as a shell, according to court documents. 

The friend said: "I'm calling the ATF on your ass now...LOL...." 

Twyman wrote: "Gon be too late." 

Another friend wrote: "CIA FBI ATF u know snitches be lurking amongst us on here… lol." 

Twyman replied: "Once I handle my business I don’t give a f---!" 

Then, on May 21, authorities say, he called 911 and said: "I need the police, I just shot my girlfriend."  

The prosecution's death penalty notice will be formally entered when Twyman is arraigned on Thursday.

From another article and news video (bolding added):

Chester County District Attorney Thomas Hogan called it a "premeditated and cruel." 

"This was not an argument, this was a pre-planned execution," Hogan said. 

Hogan said that Twyman took his time to reload the shotgun to deliver a second shot. 

Twyman, 44, told police that after weeks of fighting he decided to shoot Woods, 37, with shotgun shells he bought "last week at Walmart." 

Police say Twyman predicted the shooting on his Facebook page. The day before the homicide police say that Twyman made his Facebook profile photo a shotgun shell and the banner photo of his own shotgun, according to the affidavit.

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Man steals pellet gun from Pennsylvania Walmart then shoots employees with it

Occurred May 30, 2013.

Scene of shooting at Bedford County Walmart

A man went into a Walmart in Bedford County, Pennsylvania, and stole a "CO2 pellet gun."  An employee saw him, and followed him.  The man, Christopher McGillick, threatened her, then, when she followed him into the parking lot, opened fire on her and another employee with the gun, hitting them several times.

McGillick was known to the Walmart, since he frequented the store and his brother had worked there.  He was tracked down and arrested.  Two pellet guns were found in his possession.

From an article and news video:

According to court documents, an employee of the Walmart said she noticed McGillick attempting to steal a CO2 pellet gun a little after midnight. When she started to follow him around the store,police said, he confronted her and threatened to punch her in the face. Police said McGillick then left the store as the same employee followed him out to make sure he didn't take anything with him, but that's when he got into his car, pulled out a pellet gun and started shooting. 

Police say he hit two employees: The one who followed him out was hit four times, and another, standing in the doorway, was hit at least once.  

McGillick was able to get away but not before one of the employees took down his license plate. State police were able to catch up with him a short time later at a motel in Breezewood, where they found two pellet guns in his car, they said.

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Man steals BB gun from Pennsylvania Walmart then uses it to rob the store of prescription drugs

Occurred May 21, 2013.


30-year old Adam Trax went into a Walmart in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, pulled a realistic-looking BB gun out of its package, then used the gun to rob the store of prescription medicines.

From an article:

According to state police, who used store surveillance cameras to piece together what happened, Trax went into the Unity Walmart about 8 p.m. on May 21 and walked around for a half-hour to 45 minutes.

He put on a flannel shirt and ball cap, walked to the back of the store near the sporting goods, and took a BB gun out of the package and stuck it in his belt, Trooper Limani said. 

Trax then went to the pharmacy counter, showed the gun, and demanded Oxycodone and pain-relief patches, Trooper Limani said. Police won't say how much he stole before leaving the store in a vehicle.

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Man shoots deer in Pennsylvania Walmart parking lot

Occurred November 26, 2012.

(UPDATED: see below)
On the first day of deer hunting season last November, in Blairsville, Pennsylvania, Arcangelo Bianco Jr., 40, was in town doing some banking when he saw a 10-point whitetail deer run through the Walmart parking lot.  

He grabbed his hunting rifle out of his car and immediately shot "several shots" at the deer, pursuing it through the parking lot and across the street until he killed it.  He then took off with the carcass and took it away.

He is now being charged with reckless endangerment and hunting law violations

From an article:

According to the commission, Bianco fired several rounds at a hapless white-tailed deer from within the Burrell Township store’s parking lot and bagged the animal on the other side of Old William Penn Highway (Old Route 22) one afternoon last November. 

The most serious of the charges he faces is a misdemeanor count of reckless endangerment. He also was slapped with five summary offenses, all hunting law violations, including hunting without a license, shooting on or across highways and unlawful killing or taking of big game. 

“Obviously, we can’t have someone running through a Walmart parking lot shooting at a deer,” said Jack Lucas, the wildlife conservation officer who investigated the incident. 

But the one thing Bianco does not stand accused of is hunting out of season — the incident reportedly took place on Nov. 26, the first day of antlered deer season with regular firearms. 

On that day, Bianco had driven to the Burrell Township shopping plaza to do some banking, Lucas said. 

It was around 2:10 p.m. that Bianco spotted the buck running through the parking lot from the cab of his pickup truck, Lucas said. 

And it apparently was some buck. Ten points, if memory serves, Lucas said. 

The deer ran around a corner of the store, and Bianco hopped out of the truck, gun in hand, and “began firing multiple rounds at the deer,” Lucas wrote in charging documents. 

“The defendant pursued the deer through the parking lot and across Old William Penn Highway, where he killed the deer. The defendant then loaded the deer into his vehicle and took it to a meat processor for butchering,” he said.

Luckily no one was injured (other than the deer).

(a related article)

UPDATE (5/6/13):  When Bianco did the shooting in the Walmart parking lot, he fired and hit the deer using a handgun, when the deer was next to a tractor-trailer that had people in it unloading goods at the time.  The deer then dropped across the road in the yard of a woman's home.  He put all of these people in danger, yet blithely contends that he shouldn't be charged since he didn't know the people were there.  From an article:

At the hearing, employee Domenick Hewitt testified he was loading the trailers when he saw Bianco's pickup stop abruptly in the lot then speedily reverse toward the side of the store. 

"After the truck stopped, I saw this guy jump out, and he started running along the side of the store, where the trailers were, and he pulled out a handgun and fired two shots at the deer," Hewitt said. "At first I didn't know what he was doing." 

Blood smears found on a trailer showed the deer was nearby when Bianco fired, Wildlife Conservation Officer Jack Lucas testified. 

Defense attorney Jason Huska argued the reckless endangerment charge was unwarranted because he contends Bianco couldn't have known any workers were in the trailers when he fired. 

But Indiana County Assistant District Attorney Jay Carmella said it didn't matter whether Bianco saw the workers in the trailers, and said there were also many people in the parking lot and noted the woman who owned the home where the deer finally dropped also came out of her home. 

"He had to know there was a risk of firing a gun there," Carmella said. The district judge agreed in ordering Bianco to stand trial.

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UPDATE (10/22/13):  The shooter was sentenced only to probation for his crime:

Bianco was not required to make a plea under the ARD program for first-time, nonviolent offenders. He can have his arrest record expunged upon successful completion of the probation period if he stays out of trouble. 

In addition to serving six months of probation, he was ordered by Indiana Judge William J. Martin to pay $900 in costs, $180 in probation supervision fees and serve 20 hours of community service.

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Armed prescription drug robbers at Pennsylvania Walmart plead guilty

Armed robbery occurred August 6, 2012.


Last August, a couple robbed a Walmart pharmacy at gunpoint, in Lower Nazareth Township, Pennsylvania. 

Wanting prescription pain medicines, Gregory and Lindsey Dalrymple, planned the heist together.  She armed herself with a 9mm handgun, and he with an unloaded realistic-looking pellet gun.  She drove the getaway car while he stole prescription patches.

They have now pleaded guilty to the crime.

From an article:

Gregory and Lindsey Dalrymple pleaded guilty to one count of robbery this morning before Northampton County Judge Edward Smith. Authorities say that after being unable to purchase the painkilling Fentanyl patches, the two conspired to steal between 15 and 20 from the in-store pharmacy at the store's Route 248 location. 

Gregory Dalrymple told Smith he had become dependent on the drug following his spinal fusion surgery, but could no longer acquire the drug legally. His wife had been abusing the medication as well, he said, so she purchased a 9 mm handgun Aug. 4, drove him Aug. 6 to the Wal-Mart and scouted out the inside so he could rob it. 

"I wasn't going to do it if there were women and children in there. I wasn't going to do it," he said, adding that he apologized to the pharmacist as he leveled the unloaded gun at him.
After the pharmacist stuffed the pain medications into a bag, Gregory Dalrymple said he quickly got out of the pharmacy and was thanked by a Wal-Mart greeter as he left. He then jumped into the waiting car, and Lindsey Dalrymple sped off to their South Easton home, he said. The two ate the patches as they raced home, he said. 

Police received a tip that Gregory Dalrymple was the gunman and on Aug. 9 raided an apartment on the first block of North 11th Street, but he was not there. He surrendered Aug. 22 and testified against his wife at her preliminary hearing. 

After Gregory Dalrymple pleaded guilty to one count of robbery, Lindsey Dalrymple acknowledged most of the same facts, but said she did not actively conspire with her husband. She had applied for the 9 mm handgun weeks before and said her husband brandished a pellet gun in the robbery. While Gregory Dalrymple had not threatened her the day of the robbery, he had become physical in the past when she defied him, she said. 

"You're either going to get your ass beat, or you're going to do what you're told," she said, adding the he had tried to have her shanked in prison. Assistant District Attorney Patricia Fuentes Mulqueen said the allegations weren't true.

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Armed robbery by gunman at Pennsylvania Walmart

Occurred January 24, 2013.

A man armed with a gun robbed a Walmart in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania.

From an article:

Police say the suspect was a black male about 5'4" tall. He was wearing a grey hoodie, faded blue jeans and a grey ski mask. He entered the store, went to the cashier, showed a handgun and demanded money. He received some cash and ran off.

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