Dustin Batson is now a freshman at Texas A&M."I did 6 years in the Marines. I was in the infantry. I went to Iraq twice and Afghanistan once. I was in Fallujah in 2005,” said Batson.
He has worked two years at the College Station Walmart in loss prevention.
He tried to stop a thief pushing a shopping cart of stolen merchandise into the parking lot. The thief took a shot at him, Batson took the gun away. Then the thief pulled a knife, so Batson shot the thief once with apparently the thief's gun, killing him.
Walmart essentially canned him.
Walmart sucks.Days after the incident, Batson resigned, but he says Walmart officials gave him no choice.
"They were really careful about how they worded things, but they basically told me if I didn't resign, I was going to get fired,” Batson said.
Jobless now, he has that one night shift stuck in his mind.
"I just replay it every now and then, but I try not to think about it,” said Batson. "It is a tragic situation for everyone involved. I just want this to go behind me."