Mom Orders 7-Year-Old Son To Pepper Spray Store Employee: Police

OAK CREEK, WI — Police in Oak Creek say a 7-year-old was directed to shoot Pick 'n Save employees with pepper spray during a retail theft.

According to police reports, just after 4 p.m. on May 21, officers responded to a retail theft at the 27th Street Pick 'n Save grocery store on a report of a retail theft.

Reports stated that a woman was with a number of children as they tried to steal $590 worth of alcohol and Red Bull energy drink.

According to reports, the group left the store with the un-purchased items, and began loading them into their car in the parking lot when a store employee came up to them regarding the apparently stolen merchandise.

According to a Journal Sentinel report, the woman shouted "Get them! Get them!" The woman's son, estimated to be 7 years old, pepper-sprayed the employee in the eye, according to police.

Police reports stated that the group managed to flee, however left their stolen merchandise behind. The suspect is still at large.

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