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Media Release
Contact: Captain Kevin Newman FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Phone: (601) 856-6111 Date: 02/20/2020

On Thursday, February 20, 2020, at approximately 5:28 PM,

the Madison Police Department received information from Loss

Prevention employees of Walmart located at 227 Grandview

Boulevard in Madison that there was a male subject shoplifting

in the store. As the male subject approached the grocery exit

of the store the loss prevention employees identified

themselves in an attempt to stop him at which time the male

subject exited the store into the parking lot, produced a

handgun and fired two shots in the air. The male subject then
entered a red Cadillac sedan driven by another male subject.

As this was occurring a female subject exited the Cadillac

sedan and began to flee on foot through the parking lot.

At this time officers were arriving on the scene. As they

approached the vehicle containing the two male subjects, the

male who had discharged the weapon, jumped out of the vehicle

and also fled on foot. Officers gave chase and caught the

male subject near Interstate 55 behind Walmart. The firearm,

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a Taurus .380 semi-automatic pistol, was recovered from the

subject. The male driver of the vehicle was also apprehended.

Approximately $2,000 worth of Walmart merchandise was

recovered from the vehicle which included miscellaneous

grocery and other items.

Other officers who had arrived on the scene apprehended the

female subject near the Shell Fuel Station near the Walmart.

No officers, Walmart employees, or members of the public were

injured during this incident. The male subject who discharged

the firearm, who remains unidentified at this time, was

transported to the University of MS Medical Center due to

self-admitted illegal narcotics ingestion. Upon his release

from the hospital he will be charged with Felony Shoplifting,

Illegal Discharge of a Firearm, and Resisting Arrest. The

female subject was also transported to the University of MS

Medical Center due to a previous surgery wound which she

reported had become aggravated during her attempt to flee the

store. She was identified as Stephanie A. Collom, age 27, of

Jackson, MS. Upon her release from the hospital she will be

charged with Accessory to Felony Shoplifting. The male driver

of the vehicle was identified as Conerly Chapman, age 33, of

Jackson, MS. He has been charged with Accessory to Felony

Shoplifting.

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 More charges are possible as the investigation of this

incident continues.

Stephanie A. Collom, Age 27

Conerly Chapman, Age 33

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