Costco Worker Fatally Shot Over Gun Policy Dispute

A 61-year-old Costco employee was fatally shot outside a store in Strongsville, Ohio, on April 25 after telling a customer he could not enter while carrying a visible firearm equipped with a drum magazine, according to police reports.

The incident occurred around 5:45 p.m. outside the Costco on Royalton Road. Witnesses reported that Randolph E. Corrigan approached 22-year-old Christian M. Bryant, a truck driver from Fort Worth, Texas, who was walking toward the entrance with the magazine protruding from his pocket. Corrigan informed Bryant that Costco policy prohibits firearms inside the store except for law enforcement. A confrontation followed, during which Corrigan brandished a pocket knife and Bryant drew a .40-caliber semiautomatic handgun.

Court documents state that Bryant fired one round, paused for a split second, then fired multiple additional shots in rapid succession. Corrigan was struck several times in the chest, abdomen and right arm. Police recovered 13 spent .40-caliber shell casings at the scene, along with the handgun, which had 37 rounds remaining in the drum magazine and one in the chamber.

Officers responding to reports of gunfire found Corrigan conscious and...