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During proceedings Thursday, two recordings of 911 calls were played for the jury. One of those calls was made by Lierley, a Costco loss prevention supervisor.
Lierley was on the witness stand while the call was played and explained to the jury what had led him to call police.
He said Scott was acting “erratically” in an aisle, pacing back and forth, mumbling to himself.
Lierley said he began watching Scott for a few minutes as he was putting steel bottles into a neoprene bag, tearing them from their cardboard containers.
He said he eventually noticed Scott had a firearm in his waistband, so he and another employee approached Scott and told him Costco had a policy against firearms in the store and he would have to take the gun outside
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Why would an unarmed loss prevention officer approach an armed man who was putting merchandise in his bag and acting erratically? I think Mr. Lierley is either exaggerating about what occurred inside the store or is incredibly stupid. His story just doesn't seem right to me.
I would have just called 911, maintained video surveillance and provided the dispatcher with real time intel until LE got there.