An off-duty Walmart employee is accused of killing a good Samaritan who stepped in between him and another Walmart employee during a dispute, Florida law enforcement officials said Wednesday.
Tironie Sterling, 22, allegedly went to the Fort Lauderdale Walmart where he worked in order to meet with a female colleague on Tuesday afternoon.
The two got into an argument that escalated into a physical fight. A male customer who witnessed the fight came to the woman’s aid, but Sterling pulled out a gun and shot the man several times in the chest, back and lower extremities, the Broward County Sheriff’s Office said.
The victim was airlifted to a local hospital but later died of his injuries. His name has not been officially released by police.