STERLING, Va. (AP) - Police in Virginia say that a man has been arrested on 11 felony charges following a weekend shooting that left two civilians and a sheriff’s deputy hurt at a Walmart store.
The Washington Post reported Thursday that the man who was charged is Steven E. Thodos of Sterling.
The Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office said Thodos faces multiple charges that include two counts of attempted first-degree murder. He was charged after being released from a hospital. He is being held on a no-bond status at the county jail.
The incident occurred Saturday afternoon at the store in Dulles Crossing Plaza when police said that two employees confronted a man who they believed had stolen items.
As two deputies responded to take the man into custody, the suspect began to struggle with them, pulled out a gun and fired multiple rounds, striking one deputy and the two store employees, authorities said.
The suspect was also shot but fled in a stolen vehicle, authorities said. He was later taken into custody by Fairfax County police and taken to a hospital.
Authorities said the sheriff’s deputy remains hospitalized in stable but serious condition.
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