Arizona police officer who fatally shot man in a wheelchair is fired

Richard Lee Richards, 61, was shot in the back multiple times after being accused of stealing a toolbox from Walmart

An Arizona police officer has been fired amid outrage over the killing of a suspected shoplifter who was in a motorized wheelchair and moving slowly away from officers when he was shot in the back multiple times.

Surveillance videos released by the police department showed Officer Ryan Remington of the Tucson police department slowly walking behind 61-year old Richard Lee Richards through a parking lot outside a Walmart on Monday evening.