California Retail Theft ‘Very Serious and Escalating to Violence’: Small Business Advocate
Tragedy struck a Home Depot store in the San Francisco Bay Area in April as a 26-year-old employee was fatally shot while confronting an alleged shoplifter who was armed with a handgun, authorities said.
Just a few months before, an Antioch gas station cashier was shot to death during an armed robbery, according to local police.
“I never believed in my wildest dreams that we would see it get this bad. … These aren’t just people stealing property. It’s now getting very serious and escalating to violence,” John Kabateck, who works for a nationwide small business advocacy organization, said in a recent interview on EpochTV’s “California Insider.”…