Elkhart Police say someone opened fire outside the Big R, a farm supply store on South Main Street, as several people were trying to stop two shoplifting suspects. Police say the subject with the handgun fired one shot at the suspected shoplifters. Detectives interviewed the person who fired the gun, and that person was released.
Police say the incident happened just before noon, after two suspects were spotted shoplifting. "During the chase another subject who was at the store, and not an employee, assisted the employees with chasing the subject and yelling for them to stop. As the subjects who were being chased entered a vehicle the subject who was not a store employee drew a handgun and fired one shot at the suspects. The suspects then fled the scene," police wrote in a news release.
Detectives found one shell casing on the scene. The case is still under investigation.
According to police, "the suspects in the theft were described as white males in the 20’s or 30’s. The suspects were driving a red pickup truck."
Elkhart Police say the man who fired the shot did have a concealed carry permit.
