Politician whips out gun and fatally shoots alleged shoplifter with 'hatchet in his pants'
WARNING: DISTURBING FOOTAGE
Police officials in Florida have released a shocking surveillance footage which shows a city commissioner confronting an alleged shoplifter inside an Army Navy Surplus store and then shooting and killing the man as he tries to flee.
The local politician, who has been identified as 47-year-old Michael Dunn of Lake, might end up behind bars as prosecutors are weighing criminal charges against him after the release of the footage on Monday.
Legal experts, while talking to Tampa Bay Times, said that although the politician has Florida's Stand Your Ground law on his side, it, however, does not appear that he was in any danger or was in fear of his life from the victim, identified as 50-year-old Cristobal Lopez, during the incident.