Home Depot employee shot and killed by shoplifter mourned by community
A Home Depot employee has been shot killed after confronting a female shoplifter who was making her way to a getaway vehicle with her child inside. A Home Depot employee has been shot killed after confronting a female shoplifter who was making her way to a getaway vehicle with her child inside. The incident occurred at approximately 2:15 p.m. inside the Home Depot located on 6000 Johnson Drive in Pleasanton, California – approximately 40 miles north of San Jose – when 26-year-old Blake Mohs confronted a female shopper who tried to resist him, according to the Pleasanton Police Department. MORE: Man's attempt to kidnap child from school bus stop thwarted by group of kids: Police Mohs, who was a Home Depot loss prevention employee at the store, approached 32-year-old Benicia Knapps in an attempt to stop an alleged theft when a “struggle ensued and the man was shot,” police said. Following a shooting that occurred at approximately 2:15 p.m. on Tuesday, April 18 inside Home Depo...