To: i-node who wrote (880651 ) 8/17/2015 11:57:43 AM From: bentway Respond to of 1578925 Indiana Mayor Declares Walmart a Public Nuisance POLICE HAVE BEEN CALLED TO BEECH GROVE STORE MORE THAN 1.2K TIMES SINCE 2014 By Arden Dier, Newser Staffnewser.com Posted Aug 17, 2015 9:57 AM CDT (NEWSER) – An Indiana mayor has finally reached his breaking point after a third serious incident in as many months led police to a local Walmart store on Thursday—so he's declared it a public nuisance. Police say Gillace Samples, 42, waved a gun at employees of the Beech Grove location after he was caught shoplifting, then ran to a nearby restaurant where he shot himself in the head; Samples, who was wanted on two outstanding warrants, was listed in critical condition on Friday, reports the Indianapolis Star . Within two weeks back in June, an alleged shoplifter at the same store was involved in a car crash that killed a 63-year-old woman while fleeing police, the Star reported. Two women were also charged after getting into a brawl in the store's shampoo aisle. "For a period of time, there were not any Beech Grove police officers patrolling the streets of Beech Grove because we were down at Walmart again dealing with an irrelevant shoplifter," a police rep told WTHR of Thursday's incident, noting the public nuisance designation will allow police to fine the store up to $2,500 per call. From February 2014 to mid-June, police made 1,278 visits to the store, resulting in 473 arrests. A Walmart rep says some shoplifters can enter a restorative justice program and pay a fine rather than be arrested, limiting police visits. But police say calls have spiked over the last two weeks. "I don't want to get a phone call every day saying that somebody pulled a gun at Walmart and has done something out of line," Mayor Dennis Buckley says. "That store is a real problem."