DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — The Georgia Bureau of Investigation has identified a man killed by police at a DeKalb County Walmart on Christmas Eve as Benny Antonio Hood, 30.
DeKalb County police said an officer was working an off-duty job at the Walmart on Gresham Road when he saw a man who had been putting items in a large backpack and tried to leave the store without paying for them.
The man ran back into the store and officers followed. Police said Hood pulled out a handgun and fired at the officers. Officers tried to Tase Hood, but he ran out of the store with the gun. One of the officers then shot him.
A shopper inside the store told Channel 2 Action News that he ran for his life when gunshots rang out.
No officers were hurt.
Witnesses told Channel 2′s Elizabeth Rawlins that the shooting happened in the automotive department.