The 16-year-old boy arrested last week for pulling a gun on a Walmart employee after he was reportedly caught shoplifting was charged in Freeborn County District Court on Monday. Ta Ka Paw was reportedly with a group Thursday night at the store when the incident occurred. According to court documents, when police reviewed video footage from the altercation, they saw the juvenile holding the gun and pointing it at the employee, before he fled the store in a waiting get away car. An Albert Lea school resource officer identified the teenager from screenshots in the video. Paw is being held in a juvenile detention facility. A second teen was also charged in connection with the case on Monday. He is next slated to appear in court July 17.
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