Overview
- The video released by the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office shows Jairus Jones holding a handgun, stumbling, and running toward the exit as an off-duty agent orders him to drop the weapon.
- Officials identified the agent as Terence Blackmon, who has served since 2022 and is not related to Sheriff Christopher Blackmon.
- Authorities said the encounter began around 8 p.m. after a loss-prevention employee alerted the off-duty officer to three suspected shoplifters at the Cypress Parkway Walmart.
- A witness, correctional officer Yamil Villanueva, told WFTV the weapon fell and the agent ordered Jones not to pick it up, which he said Jones did not obey.
- Investigators reported no other injuries, the case remains open, and some outlets report Walmart staff have been working armed or more defensively since the shooting.