Wal-Mart fires workers for felling a gunman, and more

Four workers have been fired from a Utah Wal-Mart for tackling and disarming a gunman.

Wal-Mart fires workers for felling a gunman

Four workers have been fired from a Utah Wal-Mart for tackling and disarming a gunman. Wal-Mart policy requires workers to “withdraw” if a suspected shoplifter pulls a gun, but the four say they had no choice when the gunman put his weapon in one worker’s back. Gabriel Stewart says learning he’d been fired “felt worse than when I had the gun to my back.”

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