article_snippet.sent: (CNN)At first police in Marana, Arizona, thought the shoplifted gun Mario Valencia held as Mario Valencia walked through a busy office park was locked and unable to fire.
article_snippet.sent: But just 10 seconds after the worker told police that ... a shot.
article_snippet.sent: Mario Valencia had fired into the air, and less than a minute later a police car slammed into Mario Valencia in a move that ended a crime spree and sparked nationwide discussion on an officer's unusual tactic.
article_snippet.sent: Mario Valencia was hospitalized and within a few days transferred to jail where Mario Valencia faces 15 charges, including shoplifting the .30-30 rifle.
article_snippet.sent: That February morning, police have said, Mario Valencia committed several crimes in nearby Tucson before stealing a car and driving to the Walmart in Marana.
article_snippet.sent: There Mario Valencia went to the sporting goods department, asked to see a rifle, then told an employee Mario Valencia wanted the ammunition.
article_snippet.sent: The woman told police The woman gave Mario Valencia the rounds because Mario Valencia told The woman Mario Valencia would break the case with the bullets inside.
article_snippet.sent: Mario Valencia also told The woman not to do anything stupid.
article_snippet.sent: In spite of that The woman also said The woman didn't feel threatened, leading police to charge Mario Valencia with shoplifting and not armed robbery.
article_snippet.sent: Mario Valencia took the gun and ammo and fled into a nearby business park where he encountered an officer in a slow-moving patrol car.
article_snippet.sent: Valencia, who is in Pima County Jail, will appear in court again on May 18.
highlights_snippet.sent: Before he was slammed into by a police car, Mario Valencia fired a rifle with a loosened lock .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Mario Valencia shoplifted the gun and ammo from a Walmart, where a saleswoman who showed Mario Valencia the weapon alerted security .
  