Surveillance video shows Ta’Kiya shoplifting bottles of alcohol before being fatally shot by police

Blendon Township police released Kroger surveillance video and new bodycam footage on Friday showing the moments leading up to the fatal shooting of 21-year-old Ta'Kiya Young.

Young, who was pregnant, died on Aug. 24 after being shot by an officer in the parking lot of the Kroger, located at 5991 Sunbury Rd. in Blendon Township. Her unborn daughter did not survive.

Surveillance video from inside the state liquor store shows Young putting several bottles of liquor into a bag she was carrying. The Blendon Township Police Department said two other unidentified women also placed bottles in their bags. They all left the store, setting off theft alarms on their way out, according to police.

A Kroger employee told officers who were at the store on an unrelated matter that multiple people were fleeing the store with stolen items, Police Chief John Belford said. That included Young who had allegedly taken multiple bottles of alcohol. One officer went to the driver’s side of Young's car and told her to stop, Belford said, while the other officer moved in front of the vehicle.

Shots were fired less than one minute after she walked out of the store.

[offdacorner]

A pregnant woman stealing liquor and then trying to run a person over with her car. We truly live in a fallen world.

[WizardOfWhoopee]

Whichever way this goes, The other 2 should be charged as 'accessory'.

[keithpendleton]

How people are oblivious to cameras when they shoplift is beyond me.

[giabullard]

We grew up believing its embarrassing to be a thief

[salacca]

No wonder why the cop didn't think she was pregnant. She tried to play the game and lost. From the moment she put the 1st bottle in her bag, to her death, was of all her creation.

[cloakofanonymity]

What a loving mother. Pregnant and making sure her fetus gets its alcohol intake. Shame alcohol prices are so high that caring moms have to steal it.

[johnwaters]

I am sure her family will say she would give the shirt off her back for anyone, she was a pillar in the community

[wickedsin]

She will never shoplift again that is a win-win for society

[thomashazlewood]

Team of thieves, no license plate, assault on an officer. Announcing her pregnancy was supposed to take advantage of the officers goodwill . Then she overplayed it with her car.

[thenathanimal]

I've been so poor I ate single Costco dogs for lunch because they were only a $1.5 and had lots of calories. Ate beans out of can for dinner. Never even considered stealing.

[IBenZik]

She was shot for trying to run over a cop; not stealing some booze.

[Stuart_Dooley]

Love how the description says “allegedly” as if the video doesn’t show her clearly fucking stealing

[SquatCobbler-Cry]

This is why the rest of us are paying more for everything.

[brandyfadina]

I'm sorry but it's very hard to feel bad for a pregnant woman stealing bottles of alcohol and then trying to run a police officer over. She got what she asked for and if you play stupid games you more than likely will win silly prize's and her prize was a box for her and her unborn baby, who I feel is the only victim in this.

[jenns]

It's really sad when someone thinks running into an officer with their car is worth it for free liquor.

[autumndunn]

The folks who swore up and down that “she didn’t steal anything!” have been real quiet since this footage was released.

[cammobunker]

Worked retail security for a lot of years. This is an organized ring. She's working as the dip while the other two are the blockers. If anyone stops them, she runs while the other two tie things up. She was likely not going to drink this; this was stealing for resale. She knows perfectly well that there's only just so much that the store people can or will do. She's done this before, numerous times likely She entered prepared to steal so it's not just shoplifting, it's burglary.

[lbennaugh]

A thief and attempted murderer. That's what she looks like on video.

[daggaboom]

2 kids with another on the way, parking car with no tags in a disabled spot while she goes stealing alcohol and then drives a car at an armed policeman. It’s just a shame she had kids and passed on her stupidity to the next generation.

[lesliejackson]

She died but I hope the city doesn’t payout a lawsuit. She was in the wrong