Shoplifting Suspect Pulls Gun on Canton Police Officer Inside Walmart

[livingston]

Shoplifting Suspect Pulls Gun on Canton Police Officer Inside Walmart​

Canton, Ohio — Canton, Ohio — On December 18, 2025, Walmart store employees contacted Canton Police after detaining two people suspected of shoplifting and brought them into the store’s loss prevention office to wait for officers. A Canton police officer arrived and began the standard process of identifying the suspects and checking for weapons. At that point, the situation appeared calm, with no immediate signs that the encounter would turn violent. Several minutes into the detention, the male suspect, later identified as 21-year-old Shane C. L. Newman, suddenly reached into his clothing and produced a handgun while seated in the office. He pointed the weapon at the officer and attempted to fire, but the gun did not discharge. The officer and a Walmart loss prevention employee immediately rushed Newman, wrestling him to the ground and securing him in handcuffs. No one was injured during the struggle.

 

[C3D]

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[Bigfoot]

I couldn't help but notice the chubby guy's "Not Today Karen" t-shirt.

Seems like a good choice for the day with all things considered.

 

[Saltwater60]

It looks like the gun didn’t clear the holster to me. Lucky or the cop might be dead. The security guard did a great job.

 

[Bigfoot]

At 0:33, it looks like the suspect attempts to rack the slide.

At 0:37, the cop's knee to the suspect's face did its thing.

 

[FP1201]

At 0:33, it looks like the suspect attempts to rack the slide.

At 0:37, the cop's knee to the suspect's face did its thing.

Looks like the cop got a couple good upper cuts in before face planting him.
Wonder where/how he got the Pistol in the first place? Prohibited Person, Criminal Record, obviously no Handgun Licenses, etc. Can't make out the make/model, has a RMR sight and a Flashlight...shitload of charges filed.

https://www.the-review.com/story/news/crime/2025/12/19/shane-newman-accused-of-trying-to-shoot-canton-police-officer/87842358007/

Shoplifting suspect attempts to shoot Canton police officer

A 21-year-old Canton man is charged with attempted murder after pulling a gun on a Canton officer.

www.ideastream.org

 

[thughes]

Not to be that guy, but..Ohio is part of Free America (no "license" required).

 

[VietnamEraVet]

Not to be that guy, but..Ohio is part of Free America (no "license" required).

I initially thought this was in Canton, NY, - up there in the Adirondacks. But the 330 area code is Ohio.

The article says the cop had frisked him, - but he clearly missed the gun on him! And if he frisked the girl, - he missed the ammo she had. Wow! Almost got him killed by this scumbag, except that he did not have a round chambered.

 

[OwnTheRide]

That cop is lucky the perp didn't carry condition 1. And, from what I can see, doubly lucky that the perp failed to rack the gun properly on his first attempt. If you watch carefully, right before he points the gun at the cop, he attempts to rack the gun, points, then pulls the trigger - you can even hear the click. He then attempts to rack it again (this time much more obviously). That security guard is somewhere between super brave and kinda stupid. Brave for seeing the opportunity to jump in while the perp was attempting to rack the gun, but kinda stupid for doing so when there was a cop about to start shooting at the perp.

Lots of lucky things happened to make everyone come out alive. That knee to the face was awesome, lol.

 

[Parzival]

That knee to the face would make Jon Jones proud.

I’m guessing the cop didn’t actually search him, glad he made it out alive.

 

[FP1201]

I initially thought this was in Canton, NY, - up there in the Adirondacks. But the 330 area code is Ohio.

The article says the cop had frisked him, - but he clearly missed the gun on him! And if he frisked the girl, - he missed the ammo she had. Wow! Almost got him killed by this scumbag, except that he did not have a round chambered.

I thought it was Canton New York too...Local area code is 315.
mebby that's why it wasn't on the local news feed.

 

[repete]

Hats off to 'white shirt guy' , got some balls on him for sure!