Gas station guard kills man accused of stealing Little Debbie cakes, WI officials say
A gas station security guard is accused of fatally shooting a Wisconsin man after officials say he stole a box of Little Debbie snack cakes.
The guard, 56-year-old William Henry Pinkin, was providing security at a gas station on Milwaukee’s north side on the morning of Aug. 16 when he shot a 29-year-old man, according to a criminal complaint filed in Milwaukee County.
The man who was shot and died on scene has been identified as Isaiah Allen, according to WTMJ and other news outlets.
Surveillance video shows Pinkin sitting in a chair toward the back of the store when the man enters, grabs a box of Little Debbie snack cakes and immediately leaves without paying, court documents read.
Documents said Pinkin quickly got up and followed him out of the store, then shot him in the back of the head.
When police arrived, Pinkin was smoking a cigarette and “milling around calmly,” the documents read.
“I want the man who killed my son to be arrested, and prosecuted,” Allen’s mother, Natalie Easter, told WTMJ. “My son didn’t deserve to die, regardless of what happened.”
There have been protests at the gas station following the shooting, with community members demanding justice for Allen’s killing, WISN reported.
Pinkin is facing a charge of first-degree intentional homicide, documents read.
Police arrested Pinkin on Aug. 19, the Milwaukee Police Department said in a news release.
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