Watch Ky. Police Officer Stop Armed Carjacker after Walmart Foot Chase

Sept. 11, 2024
A Louisville police officer's chase of an armed suspect through a Walmart ended when the officer stopped the man after he tried to carjack a van in pharmacy drive-through.

Dramatic body camera footage was released of Kentucky police stopping an armed carjacker after a chase through a crowded Walmart last month.

The incident started at about 12:15 p.m. Aug. 28 when a Kentucky State Police trooper was chasing a vehicle that crashed at an intersection, WLKY-TV reports. One man was apprehended at the scene, but an armed suspect—Randall Allen, 37—fled on foot to a nearby Walmart.

Louisville Police Officer Brandon Brinkley joined the pursuit, and his body camera captured his search through the store. Shoppers tipped Brinkley off to the suspect's location, and the officer chased him out of the store.

Outside the Walmart, the suspect jumped into the passenger side of an occupied vehicle in the store's pharmacy drive-through lane. In the video, Brinkley orders Allen to get out of the van, but the suspect tries to accelerate the vehicle with his hand, but the driver continued to hold down the brake pedal.

Finally, Brinkley opens fire and shoots the suspect through the vehicle's windshield. The unharmed driver then exits the vehicle.

More officers arrived at the scene, and Allen, who was struck multiple times, was pulled from the van. A search of Allen found a handgun.

After leaving the hospital, Allen was arrested and charged on multiple counts, including unlawful imprisonment, robbery and possession of a handgun by a convicted felon.

"We are very fortunate that nobody other than the assailant himself was injured and the woman who was the victim of a horrific carjacking attempting is safe," said Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg.

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Joe Vince

Joining Endeavor Business Media in 2018, Joe has worked on the company's city services publications. He began working at OFFICER.com as the assistant editor. Before starting at Endeavor, Joe had worked for a variety of print and online news outlets, including the Indianapolis Star, the South Bend Tribune, Reddit and Patch.com.

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