Beer thief fatally shot by Tulsa convenience store guard

(AP) — Police in Tulsa say a man who tried to steal beer from a convenience store was fatally shot by a security guard after pulling a gun on the guard. 

Capt. Ryan Woods says the 21-year-old man was shot about 10 p.m. Thursday outside the store on the city’s north side. No names were immediately released. 

Woods says the security guard told officers that he confronted the man outside the store when he left without paying for the beer and the man pointed a gun at him. 

Woods says the guard then shot the man, who was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead.