Police: Murrieta Theft Suspect Shoves Elderly Walmart Employee While Fleeing Store

Murrieta police are asking for the public’s help in identifying a man who ran out of a local Walmart with a stolen computer, injuring an elderly employee in the process.

It happened on Dec. 11 around 5 p.m. at the Walmart on Murrieta Hot Springs Road, according to a police bulletin.

As the man was leaving the store, a 78-year-old employee tried to check for a receipt for the computer the man was carrying, which she noticed was still wrapped in its anti-theft device, police said. That’s when the man ran around her, pushing her down.

“The associate fell to the ground, causing her pain in the hip area,” police said.

The man then fled in a black older model Mercedes Benz sedan, which did not have license plates on it, according to police.

He is pictured in the surveillance images above, and is described as about 6 foot 1 inch tall, weighing approximately 220 to 240 pounds. He has black hair, brown eyes, a beard and mustache, police said.

He was wearing a grey baseball hat, a grey ’Adidas’ shirt and black pants at the time of the incident, police said.

Anyone with information in this case was asked to contact Murrieta police at (951) 461‐6356.