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Accused Rhode Island shoplifter dies in leap from parking garage during chase | Accused Rhode Island shoplifter dies in leap from parking garage during chase |
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A 35-year-old woman has died after jumping over a railing at a Rhode Island parking garage while running from security officers. | A 35-year-old woman has died after jumping over a railing at a Rhode Island parking garage while running from security officers. |
Police told NBC News 10 the woman, accused of shoplifting, was running from Nordstrom store security through a parking garage at the Providence Place Mall before she leapt from the railing around 7.30pm on Thursday. Loss prevention personnel from the store – private security officers – had been trying to apprehend her. | Police told NBC News 10 the woman, accused of shoplifting, was running from Nordstrom store security through a parking garage at the Providence Place Mall before she leapt from the railing around 7.30pm on Thursday. Loss prevention personnel from the store – private security officers – had been trying to apprehend her. |
The Providence Place Mall map shows Nordstrom is adjacent to a parking garage near Park Street. Police said she jumped from the first level of the parking garage, which was a 25ft drop. | |
The woman was taken to Rhode Island hospital, where she was pronounced dead. | |
Officials have not yet released woman’s identity and it is not yet known what she may have taken from Nordstrom. | Officials have not yet released woman’s identity and it is not yet known what she may have taken from Nordstrom. |
Nordstrom’s customer bill of rights states that the store keeps security guards and loss prevention professionals. They have the authority to detain customers if necessary. | Nordstrom’s customer bill of rights states that the store keeps security guards and loss prevention professionals. They have the authority to detain customers if necessary. |
Providence police and a spokesperson for Providence Place Mall did not immediately respond to Guardian requests for comment. |
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