California Home Depot employee shot and killed after he ‘confronted’ shoplifter, police say

A Home Depot employee in California was shot and killed while trying to stop a shoplifter, authorities say. 

Police received reports about a man bleeding inside a Home Depot location Tuesday afternoon in the city of Pleasanton, less than 20 miles southeast of Oakland, the Pleasanton Police Department said in a news release. 

Officers arrived on the scene and attended to the victim, 26-year-old Blake Mohs, who was taken to a hospital where he later died of his injuries, police said.

Witnesses at the scene said Mohs “attempted to stop a theft in progress,” and a struggled ensued before Mohs was shot. The suspects left the area shortly after Mohs was shot, witnesses told police.  

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Victim ‘confronted’ shoplifter

In a Wednesday update, police said Mohs was a Home Depot loss prevention employee.

Authorities said detectives found Mohs “confronted” a female shoplifter “who resisted and shot him.”

Suspects found in Oakland

Nearby authorities were notified the suspects were seen fleeing in a vehicle, and 15 minutes after the shooting took place, Alameda County Sheriff deputies located the vehicle in Oakland and detained the suspects.