Man arrested after shooting at suspected thief at Orange City Walmart

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Man arrested after shooting at suspected thief at Orange City Walmart

PHOTOS COURTESY VOLUSIA COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS
Arrested — Eddie McKee, left, and Jose Martinez, right, were both arrested Feb. 27 after an incident at the Orange City Walmart Supercenter. According to the Orange City Police Department, after McKee tried to leave the store with meat he had not paid for, Martinez shot at McKee's car in an attempt to prevent McKee's getaway.

By Jen Horton
BEACON STAFF WRITER

posted Mar 1, 2013 - 11:25:14am

A man who tried to help stop a theft at Walmart is behind bars.

Jose Martinez, 36, was arrested and charged with two felonies after police said he shot at a car in the parking lot of the Orange City Walmart on Veterans Memorial Parkway.

The driver of the vehicle was also arrested, and charged with two misdemeanors. Orange City police said the driver, Eddie McKee, 42, had left the Walmart Supercenter with $200 worth of meat he didn't pay for.

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Rob | posted Mar 13, 2013 - 9:29:56am

He stole FOOD! Not a TV. See what motivated his stealing food and try to resolve his problem. Get him back to work and off the streets. The shooting part was just plain dumbass......

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Rob | posted Mar 13, 2013 - 9:27:17am

He stole FOOD! Not a TV. See what motivated his stealing food and try to resolve his problem. Get him back to work and off the streets. The shooting part was just plain dumbass......

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Elmo | posted Mar 4, 2013 - 8:17:53pm

Zimmerman will walk. Bank on it. The two situations couldn't be more different.

Zimmerman was getting his skull bashed in and was saving his own skin. This guy had delusions of grandeur.

Deep South ftw.

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Terry | posted Mar 4, 2013 - 10:45:56am

Well I guess if they had bothered to do something to George Zimmerman he might have thought twice about it but it is the deep south and it is next to Dumbary!

Stealing meat from Walmart of all places and he tries to be am hero.

Yes, society as we know is truly circling the drain now!

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Morton | posted Mar 3, 2013 - 9:27:33am

The world is overpopulated shoplifters should be shot as soon as they leave the store.

Then they should be ground into fertilizer finally do some good

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John | posted Mar 2, 2013 - 9:55:49pm

Any of you that have a CCP knows that you are not allowed to act like a cop and use your gun unless someones life is in immediate danger.

I have a CCP and I will use my gun to protect someone if their life is in danger but if someone is stealing meat from a grocery store let the cops deal with it.

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John Clinton Porter | posted Mar 2, 2013 - 9:41:52am

It is a sad day in Orange City. The State Attorney should drop charges on our local hero Jose Martinez and they should send him to firearms training so he can become a more accurate shooter.

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D. Brown (aka) "Brownie" | posted Mar 2, 2013 - 7:39:18am

This sounds like the story about the security guard warning the two young mall customers, saying," I want to warn you, I couldn't pass the Police Dept. entrance exam and I'm Armed"

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Tom | posted Mar 1, 2013 - 11:49:28pm

Al Sharpton and J.Jackson better take care of business in Chicago first before coming here.

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GOOD JOB | posted Mar 1, 2013 - 7:05:10pm

GOOD JOB....FREE THIS HERO....

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Morton | posted Mar 1, 2013 - 5:48:12pm

What if he would have shot and killed the shoplifter...good... the world would have been a better place AND shoplifting statistics would go down.

Shoplifters are scum anyway whats the big deal?

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CWP | posted Mar 1, 2013 - 3:48:55pm

If you try to stop a shoplifter at wal mart with a firearm, you are a moron. Please turn in your weapons sir. Even if I worked at Wal mart, I wouldn't chase a shoplifter. He stole from Wal mart. Who cares?

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watra | posted Mar 1, 2013 - 12:46:00pm

How in the Heck did this guy get a c.w.p. by what he did it going to make it harder now. Plus Al Sharpoon, and jesse the d*pe jackson will be here soon saying not fair to the black foks.

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Kudatz | posted Mar 1, 2013 - 12:31:06pm

Dumb and Dumber. Both of these guys are retarded!!!1

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