Sporting Goods Store Employees Fired After Chasing Alleged Gun Thief Despite Good Intentions: Report

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Three Academy Sports + Outdoors employees were fired by the company after a man ran out of their Louisiana store with a firearm, and they pursued him outside in an attempt to help police recover the gun.

The employees were each accused of breaking the company’s policy of chasing after shoplifters, despite the fact that what was taken from their store was not an ordinary piece of merchandise.

WGNO-TV reported the theft occurred on Dec. 16 at an Academy location in Metairie, just minutes from downtown New Orleans.

If you have never been to the gun counter at one of the company’s locations, the process for purchasing a firearm is simple.

Prospective gun buyers can ask to look at an unloaded weapon with a lock on it. If the customers like what they see, they can fill out a background check form and if they pass it, they can purchase the gun.

During the Dec. 16 incident in Metairie, a man asked to look at a handgun and it was handed to him by an employee.

According to WGNO, the man had no interest in purchasing the gun and instead ran out of the store with it.

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