. >>> now we turn to our top story. 26-year-old blake mohs was working for a pleasant and home depot. his mom said that he used to talk to her about shoplifting, that it worked all the time at work. he said people would sometimes pull out weapons. it was enough to worry her as a mother, and in the end her worst nightmare came to pass. mose was killed on the job when a shoplifter shot and killed him. as betty yu reports, his family is worried they will not see justice. >> reporter: 26-year-old blake mohs was shot dead by a shoplifter at home depot, who stole a charger for a power tool. according to police, benicia and the getaway driver were arrested. >> my son was only 26. he did not even see the gun. he did not have any idea. he was doing his job and it was over. he was back in the store safe. this woman came back for him. >> reporter: blake's mom choked back tears, six weeks to the day after her son, a loss prevention employee, was killed at the pleasanton store. at the time, the family said that the district attorney never reached out. it was only after consistent outreach that a d

why they >>> welcome back on the bay area beach, the mother of 26-year-old blake mohs is speaking out more than a month after her son was shot and killed by a shoplifter. mohs was a lost prevention employee at a pleasanton home depot. her mom said her son loved the job despite the dangers of working there. but as betty yu reports, his family is now worried nay will not see justice. >> reporter: 26-year-old blake mohs was shot to death by a shoplifter at home depot who stole a charger for a power tool according to police. the suspected getaway driver, david gillery were arrested. the 2-year-old daughter was also inside the waiting car. >> my son was only 26. he didn't even see the gun. he was back in the store safe and this woman came back for him. >> reporter: blake's mom, lorie mohs, jerked back tears. six weeks to the day her son, a loss prevention employee, was killed at this pleasanton store. in that time the family says district attorney pamela price never reached out. it was only after consistent outreach on their part that the d.a. assigned to the case responded. >> the phone c

. >> reporter: 26-year-old blake mohs was confronting a getaway driver, and the 2-year-old daughter was also inside the car. >> my son was only 26, he didn't even see the guy, he didn't have any idea , he was just doing his job and it was over. he was back in the store and this woman came back for him. four blake's mom choked back tears, six weeks after her son was killed at this pleasanton store. in that time, the family said the district attorney, pamela preis never reached out, it was only after consistent outreach on their part that the da responded. >> the phone call was that pamela preis was not going to meet with us and she was not going to have a conversation with us, and we discussed my concerns about the charges. and the fact that we were not being kept in the loop. >> reporter: blake's parents were told she had a full schedule until mid-june, they also learned that both suspects are felons. >> she is facing murder charges and something they call little gun, which is 5 years, it is not robbery, it is not intent to rob and there's no special circumstances or enhancements at all

. >> last month guard blake mohs was shot to death by an alleged shoplifter at home depot in pleasanton. that was followed by walgreens armed security guard michael killing alleged shoplifter banko brown and san francisco. >> i warned people that i warned elected officials. we did start doing something. we are going to see more violence happening. >> the president and ceo of the california retailers association, rachel michelin places the blame for the escalation of violence. shoplifting incident squarely on the shoulders of california. lawmakers for rejecting a bill aimed at increasing the penalty for repeat shoplifters from the misdemeanor crime to a felony. >> people are brazen because they know they can go into a store. they can steal under $950 and there will not be a consequence for the behavior. these local jurisdictions in the state legislature, particularly some of public safety committee, continue to not want to work with us on making changes to make the retail environment safer. you're just going to see more and more stores leaving. i will be calling for legislation. one san

. >> last month guard blake mohs was shot to death by an alleged shoplifter at home depot in pleasanton. that was followed by walgreens armed security guard michael killing alleged shoplifter banko brown and san francisco. >> i warned people that i warned elected officials. we did start doing something. we are going to see more violence happening. >> the president and ceo of the california retailers association, rachel michelin places the blame for the escalation of violence. shoplifting incident squarely on the shoulders of california. lawmakers for rejecting a bill aimed at increasing the penalty for repeat shoplifters from the misdemeanor crime to a felony. >> people are brazen because they know they can go into a store. they can steal under $950 and there will not be a consequence for the behavior. these local jurisdictions in the state legislature, particularly some of public safety committee, continue to not want to work with us on making changes to make the retail environment safer. you're just going to see more and more stores leaving. i will be calling for legislation. one san

. >> last month guard blake mohs was shot to death by an alleged shoplifter at home depot in pleasanton. that was followed by walgreens armed security guard michael killing unarmed alleged shoplifter banko brown and san francisco. >> i warned people that i warned elected officials. we did start doing something. we are going to see more violence happening. >> the president and ceo of the california retailers association, rachel michelin places the blame for the escalation of violence. shoplifting incident squarely on the shoulders of california. lawmakers for rejecting a bill aimed at increasing the penalty for repeat shoplifters from the misdemeanor crime to a felony. >> people are brazen because they know they can go into a store. they can steal under $950 and there will not be a consequence for the behavior. these local jurisdictions in the state legislature, particularly some of public safety committee, continue to not want to work with us on making changes to make the retail environment safer. you're just going to see more and more stores leaving. i will be calling for legislation.

. >> last month guard blake mohs was shot to death by an alleged shoplifter at home depot in pleasantonollowed by walgreens armed security guard michael killing alleged shoplifter banko brown and san francisco. >> i warned people that i warned elected officials. we did start doing something. we are going to see more violence happening. >> the president and ceo of the california retailers association, rachel michelin places the blame for the escalation of violence. shoplifting incident squarely on the shoulders of california. lawmakers for rejecting a bill aimed at increasing the penalty for repeat shoplifters from the misdemeanor crime to a felony. >> people are brazen because they know they can go into a store. they can steal under $950 and there will not be a consequence for the behavior. these local jurisdictions in the state legislature, particularly some of public safety committee, continue to not want to work with us on making changes to make the retail environment safer. you're just going to see more and more stores leaving. i will be calling for legislation. one san francisco la

. >> last month guard blake mohs was shot to death by an alleged shoplifter at home depot in pleasanton. that was followed by walgreens armed security guard michael killing alleged shoplifter banko brown and san francisco. >> i warned people that i warned elected officials. we did start doing something. we are going to see more violence happening. >> the president and ceo of the california retailers association, rachel michelin places the blame for the escalation of violence. shoplifting incident squarely on the shoulders of california. lawmakers for rejecting a bill aimed at increasing the penalty for repeat shoplifters from a misdemeanor crime to a felony. >> people are brazen because they know they can go into a store. they can steal under $950 and there will not be a consequence for the behavior. these local jurisdictions in the state legislature, particularly some of public safety committee, continue to not want to work with us on making changes to make the retail environment safer. you're just going to see more and more stores leaving. i will be calling for legislation. one san fr

. >> last month guard blake mohs was shot to death by an alleged shoplifter at home depot in pleasanton. that was followed by walgreens armed security guard michael killing alleged shoplifter banko brown and san francisco. >> i warned people that i warned elected officials. we did start doing something. we are going to see more violence happening. >> the president and ceo of the california retailers association, rachel michelin places the blame for the escalation of violence. shoplifting incident squarely on the shoulders of california. lawmakers for rejecting a bill aimed at increasing the penalty for repeat shoplifters from the misdemeanor crime to a felony. >> people are brazen because they know they can go into a store. they can steal under $950 and there will not be a consequence for the behavior. these local jurisdictions in the state legislature, particularly some of public safety committee, continue to not want to work with us on making changes to make the retail environment safer. you're just going to see more and more stores leaving. i will be calling for legislation. one san

. >> last month guard blake mohs was shot to death by an alleged shoplifter at home depot in pleasanton. that was followed by walgreens armed security guard michael killing unarmed alleged shoplifter banko brown and san francisco. >> i warned people that i warned elected officials. we did start doing something. we're going to see more violence happening. >> the president and ceo of the california retailers association, rachel michelin places the blame for the escalation of violence. shoplifting incident squarely on the shoulders of california. lawmakers for rejecting a bill aimed at increasing the penalty for repeat shoplifters from the misdemeanor crime to a felony. >> people are brazen because they know they can go into a store. they can steal under $950 and there will not be a consequence for the behavior. these local jurisdictions in the state legislature, particularly some of public safety committee, continue to not want to work with us on making changes to make the retail environment safer. you're just going to see more and more stores leaving. i will be calling for legislation. o

. >> reporter: blake's mom, lori mohs jerks back tears. her son was killed at this pleasanton store. in that time the family said pamela price never reached out. it was only after consistent outreach on their part that a d.a. assigned to the case responded. >> the phone call was that pamela price was not going to meet with us. and we discussed my corners about the charges. >> reporter: we were told price had a full schedule until june. and we also learned both suspects are felons. >> she is facing murder charges, which means five years. it's not robbery, it's not intent to rob. and there are no special circumstances or enhancements being added at all. and we were told by the d.a. that it is on her case that we should expect none because it is the policy of pamela price. it doesn't make any logical sense in my heart or anything. >> reporter: blake was set to get married in august. he was active with the boy scout his entire life. >> he talked about guns being pulled on him. he talked about the mass amounts of shoplifting. it was in pleasant