A security guard has been shot dead after asking a mall goer to wear a face mask at a Dollar store in Flint, Michigan.
Calvin Munerlyn, 43, was shot dead after an altercation when he refused to allow a customer’s daughter inside the store because she wasn’t wearing a face mask.
The customer, identified as 45-year-old Sharmel Teague, reportedly had a face mask on, but her daughter was not wearing one.
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The security guard confronted Teague over the issue and the two began arguing. During the altercation, Teague allegedly spat at Munerlyn.
Munerlyn then ordered Teague to leave and told the cashier not to attend to her.
Teague was seen in a surveillance footage leaving the store in a GMC Envoy before entering a nearby apartment complex.
20 minutes later, Teague returned with two men who officials identified as Larry Teague and Ramonyea Bishop. The two men confronted Munerlyn, and Bishop shot Munerlyn in the back of the head. Police discovered Munerlyn “unconscious and bleeding from his head” at the scene.
He was later pronounced dead at a local medical center.
Genesee County Prosecutor David Leyton said: “The death of Calvin Munerlyn is senseless and tragic and those responsible will be held accountable to the fullest extent under the law,
“From all indications, Mr. Munerlyn was simply doing his job in upholding the governor’s executive order related to the COVID-19 pandemic.”
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