A Christmas Walgreens Photo Story

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Tulsa police spokeswoman Jeanne Pierce stated: "(Hurley) then came back over the counter, and a clerk who was 28 years old, who had a concealed-carry license and was armed, pulled his own weapon and shot the deceased."

The employee who shot Hurley did not sustain any injuries and was not arrested. Oklahoma is one of more than 30 states that has a "stand your ground" provision in the law that allows people to use this type of deadly force inside a place of business against anyone who enters a location "unlawfully or forcefully".

A Tulsa police spokeswoman said that the district attorney still needs to decide whether not to charge the clerk and noted that he wasn’t arrested to begin with because he was "legally armed" and that the evidence supported a "self defense type of situation".

Walgreens told the Associated Press they were cooperating with the investigation but did not answer questions about company policy on armed employees.

In 2011, Walgreens fired a pharmacist at a store in Michigan after he drew and fired his gun at thieves. Despite the fact that he legally possessed the weapon, the company said his gun use "violated company policy". Perhaps next time Walgreens would like armed assailants to do the decision-making?

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Walgreens employee fatally shoots man after photos dispute


He may be clean on the death of the perp but the two innocents he sent to hospital are going to cause him some problems. But he is still alive, that is one positive for him.