Walmart Customer, 77, Beaten to Death by Parents of Teen Employee After Shopping Cart Dispute, Widow Says
19th September 2026
An elderly Walmart customer was beaten to death by the parents of a teen employee who he had argued with after accusing her of nearly ramming his wife with a shopping cart, according to his grieving widow.
Bert Atienza died of blunt head trauma at a hospital on June 8, a day after two people attacked him inside a Walmart in Norfolk, Va., WTKR reported on Monday.
The victim.
“He said, ‘You almost hit my wife with your heavy cart, and you did not even say excuse me or apologize to her,’” Josephine Atienza told the outlet.
“If he sees things that he doesn’t like, he will tell it to you straightforward. That’s how it is. He doesn’t care who you are,” Josephine said, explaining her husband’s personality.
Atienza and the unidentified employee argued for a moment before the worker chucked a can towards the couple as they walked away, she said.
The teen allegedly called her parents for backup and Travis White and Erika Mitchell were hunting down the elderly couple inside the store minutes later.
Bert Atienza was browsing a shelf in one of the aisles when White and Mitchell allegedly attacked him as their working daughter looked on, according to store surveillance video obtained by WTKR.
Black people killing white people appears to be all the rage these days.