On May 2, 2023, Thierry Bastien, 41, was fatally shot inside the Walmart at 3001 N. State Road 7 in Lauderdale Lakes, Florida. Family members identified Bastien as a customer who was shopping with his girlfriend and two children when he intervened in an altercation between off-duty Walmart employee 22-year-old Tironie Shavar Sterling and a female employee near the frozen food section. The confrontation turned physical, Sterling dropped a firearm, tried to take the woman’s phone and then, after Bastien became involved, picked up the gun and shot him multiple times.

Deputies and fire rescue found Bastien with gunshot wounds to the chest, back, and lower extremities; he was airlifted to Broward Health Medical Center, where he died. Detectives recovered 10 spent 9mm casings at the scene. Sterling fled on a scooter but was captured hours later at an apartment complex about a mile south; video showed law enforcement pursuing him through the parking area. Sterling led officers to a grocery bag containing the handgun and was charged with murder while engaged in a felony and robbery by sudden snatching with a firearm. No other injuries were reported.

Did anyone in the area witness the confrontation near the frozen foods or have video that could help clarify what happened?