PEMBROKE PINES — The assistant manager at a GameStop in Pembroke Pines shot a man while he was shoplifting Pokemon cards Tuesday night, according to police. The man is now dead.
The employee, Derrick Guerrero, 33, was arrested Wednesday and charged with manslaughter, Pembroke Pines Police said in a news release.
A little after 8 p.m. Tuesday, Guerrero saw the victim shoplifting in the 11000 block of Pines Boulevard, according to the release.
The man had grabbed several boxes of Pokemon Scarlet & Violet Ultra-Premium Collection trading cards from behind the register, according to a police incident report. The boxes are valued at $120 each.
As the man ran towards the front door with the merchandise, Guerrero took a gun out of his waistband and shot him one time, striking him in the torso, the release said. The man never threatened Guerrero or displayed any weapon.
His name was redacted from the incident report due to Marsy’s Law, a constitutional amendment that shields victims’ identities from the public.
Surveillance video footage showed the man dropping the boxes of cards and fleeing the store, though the shooter was out of view. Moments later, a man walked towards the front door with a handgun.
A customer was also in the store during the shooting, but left before police arrived, the report said.
Police found the victim, unresponsive, in the front passenger seat of a Ford F150 outside the store. He was taken to a nearby hospital in critical condition, and died a few hours later.
On the floor, 10 feet from the exit, were five boxes of the Pokemon trading cards.
Guerrero is being held in Broward Main Jail in lieu of $25,000 bond.
