Store owner shot girl who was waiting to take photo with Easter bunny while firing at shoplifters

[gldstwmn]

VICTORVILLE, Calif. (KABC) -- A man has been arrested for mistakenly shooting a 9-year-old girl as he chased two shoplifters out of his store in a Victorville mall Tuesday evening, authorities say.

Marqel Cockrell, a co-owner of Sole Addicts, fired multiple shots in the shoplifter's direction but missed and struck the girl instead, according to the Victorville Police Department. Cockrell fled the scene after the shooting and was later found by Nevada Highway Patrol.

The 20-year-old, of Adelanto, was booked at the Clark County Jail for attempted murder and is being held on $1,000,000 bail. He'll likely face extradition back to California.

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Social media posts that appear to be from the girl's family say she was shot twice in the arm while in line to get her picture taken with the Easter bunny. She is expected to be OK.

https://abc7.com/victorville-mall-shooting-arrest-shoplifters/11744517/

[Tripper11]

1. Good guy with a gun? My ass!

Fucking idiot! 😡😡😡

[Bernardo de La Paz]

2. Even without the murder of the girl, it would be excessive force for a property crime

And chasing them certainly indicates nobody's life or limb was in danger until Cockrell went off half-cocked and began firing.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

3. She wasn't murdered,

she was shot twice in the arm and is expected to be ok medically, now mentally, that's a different story.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

4. Ah, thanks for the good news! I guess I went off half-cocked! Fortunately I don't own a gun :)

[MarineCombatEngineer]

5. LOL.

No problem.

[sanatanadharma]

13. "I don't own a gun:)

It is amazing how much freedom comes with not having a gun.

One never need worry about shooting the wrong person, nor worry about unintended killing.
One need never have guilt about failing to be the good guy with a gun.
One never needs to buy bullets, go to the gun range and practice killing.
Gun safes, gun theft responsibility, dead kids, fear of losing it; there is so much one need worry about when packing.

My only packing worry is the tan shoes or the pink shoe-lace loafers.

[jmowreader]

22. Are you sure they're loafers?

[Straw Man]

27. I own several guns.

This asshat belongs in jail and needs to be banned from gun ownership for life.

[PatSeg]

9. Exactly

Shooting at a shoplifter in a retail store? Even if an innocent person had not been shot, he probably would have faced charges. That is outrageous.

[RobinA]

20. Really!

I worked in a department store for 6 years and I'm sure our head of security would have loved to shoot shoplifters, but thankfully that was frowned upon. Couldn't stand that jerk.

[PatSeg]

23. Many of them watch too many cop shows

They are always looking for some real action.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

6. Yet another shining example of

how guns make us safer.

[uponit7771]

7. +1, ... any idiot and using it so people don't take a candy bar

[Cheezoholic]

8. If the 9 year old would've had a weapon

she could've defended herself. For that matter the Easter bunny should've had an AR-15 up his cotton tail and he coulda got all the bad guys....

At least that's the headline I'm waiting for from these repuke morons.

[bottomofthehill]

10. Mother or Father if armed could have shot the idiot

In self defense. An armed society is a civil society my ass. There is such a thing as responsible gun ownership. It takes education and training not just $349 to buy a shitty gun and shoot the place up.

[Effete Snob]

11. Here comes Peter Cottontail...

Hopping down the Bunny Trail...

[Celerity]

14. lol, I spit my wine

[TheBlackAdder]

24. Is that one of Don Jr.s (Traitor Tot) furries?

[RobinA]

21. If I Were That

9-year-old and had a gun I probably would have shot the Easter bunny. Those store bunnies are scary.

[albacore]

12. Girls gonna be OK... and my guess is that her college is paid for....along with her first house. nt

[bottomofthehill]

18. I don't think so

The guy who shot her most likely does not have that kind of money. Will go to jail and likely never earn that type of money and insurance won’t cover the criminal behavior.

[budkin]

15. Feared for his life

Case closed.

[marie999]

16. They were running away so his life wasn't in danger.

[TheBlackAdder]

25. Yeah, you're not fearing for you life when you exit your safe haven and start chasing people down.

[BlackSkimmer]

17. Marqel Cockrell is 20 years old and a part owner of a store?

Darn, he’s blown it now.

[NotTodayPutin]

26. Too young to have a handgun, too, right?

Doesn't one have to be 21 to purchase/own a handgun in California?

[old as dirt]

19. Leonor Gonzalez Mina - Violencia (en vivo) - Teatro Colon

[dalton99a]

28. Shoe store owner

[BlackSkimmer]

29. Looks to be a responsible businessman.

Oh boy.

[gldstwmn]

32. What does that look like? For instance, here's Jack Dorsey of Twitter. He's a billionaire.

Link to tweet

?s=20&t=AAA-e8NMf_2S7aNLsZhong

I certainly hope you are not asserting that you have to look a certain way to own a gun. I'm advocating for less guns.

[treestar]

30. 20-year-old store co-owner

Wonder how he got there this young.

And a responsible gun owner/user.

[gldstwmn]

31. I don't need to know what he looks like.

[greenjar_01]

33. Most people are idiots...many people are armed. You do the math