HARTLAND, MI (WXYZ) - "The last thing I expected was to not have a job," said Kristopher Oswald, 30, who was fired from Walmart this week after he intervened to help a woman who was apparently being assaulted in the parking lot of the store. 
 
 UPDATE | Walmart has offered Oswald his job back 
 
 It happened around 2:30 a.m. outside the Walmart store in the Livingston County town of Hartland. 
 
 Oswald, who worked stocking pet food on the overnight shift at Walmart, was spending his lunch break in his car when he heard a woman screaming and a man hanging onto the hood of her car. 
 
 At first, Oswald wondered if it was just people horsing around recklessly, but when he walked over to see if the woman was really in danger, he says the man began to attack him, punching him in the head while yelling "I'm going to kill you". 
 
 Oswald tells Action News that he was able to get on top of the man and just when he thought he had him under control, two other men jumped Oswald from behind. 
 
 Livingston County Sheriff deputies were quick to arrive, but Oswald says he wasn't expecting what Walmart did next. 
 
 The company fired Oswald and the reason given on his termination papers states: "after a violation of company policy on his lunch break, it was determined to end his temporary assignment". 
 
 Oswald only began working for Walmart about seven weeks ago and would not have been considered a permanent hire until a 180-day probation period ended. 
 
 Oswald says Walmart has policies against workplace violence to prevent employees from assaulting co-workers or tackling a shoplifter, but that it appears that nothing allows for them to assist in situations of imminent danger and self-defense. 
 
 Now that he's out of a job, Oswald says, "I don't even know what to put on an application about all of this. How do I say this ended?" 
 
 We asked Oswald if he would do it all over again, he replied, "I will always do the right thing." 
 
 Action News has left messages with Walmart's media relations team, but they have not responded. ||||| A Michigan man says he was fired from his job at Wal-Mart after he tried to help a woman being assaulted in the parking lot of one of the retail giant's stores and ended up fighting with her attacker. 
 
 Kristopher Oswald told WXYZ-TV in Detroit ( http://bit.ly/18qGyBh) that Wal-Mart has policies against workplace violence to prevent employees from assaulting co-workers or tackling a shoplifter, but that it appears that nothing allows for them to assist in situations of imminent danger and self-defense. 
 
 A spokeswoman for Bentonville, Ark.-based Wal-Mart Stores Inc. told The Associated Press on Thursday that while the company understood Oswald's intentions, his actions violated company policy. 
 
 "We had to make a tough decision, one that we don't take lightly, and he's no longer with the company," company spokeswoman Ashley Hardie said. 
 
 Oswald, 30, said he was in his car on his break about 2:30 a.m. Sunday when he saw a man grabbing a woman. He said he asked her if she needed help and the man started punching him in the head and yelling that he was going to kill him. Oswald said he was able to get on top of the man, but then two other men jumped him from behind. 
 
 Livingston County sheriff's deputies arrived and halted the fight. 
 
 Oswald said the Hartland Township store's management gave him paperwork saying that "after a violation of company policy on his lunch break, it was determined to end his temporary assignment." Oswald had worked for Wal-Mart for about seven weeks and said he would not have been considered a permanent employee until after his 180-day probation. 
 
 "The last thing I expected was to not have a job," Oswald said. 
 
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 Information from: WXYZ-TV, http://www.wxyztv.com ||||| CLOSE A gunman injured a teen and shot a man in a pair of carjacking attempts Sunday, before being killed by a bystander outside a Washington state Walmart store. Police say a bystander killed the gunman. (June 18) AP 
 
 Walmart is debuting a new personal shopping experience in New York City called Jetblack. (Photo: SAUL LOEB, AFP/Getty Images) 
 
 An armed civilian is credited with saving several lives when he stopped a man firing shots at a Walmart in Washington Sunday. 
 
 The Tumwater Police Department identified the deceased gunman Monday as Tim O. Day, 44, of McCleary, Wash. He shot two people and tried carjacking six people. Day also fired shots inside the Walmart, but did not hit anyone inside the store. 
 
 A man who would rather not be identified stopped the crime spree when he shot and killed Day. Police say the 47-year-old man is from Oakville, Washington. He is a pastor, volunteer firefighter, and medic. 
 
 One of the people Day shot remains in critical condition at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle. 
 
 The other, 16-year-old Danner Barton, got shot in the hand by Day after Barton refused to stop his car. 
 
 “I ducked my head and I gunned it,” said Barton, who said Day fired a shot through Barton’s windshield. 
 
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 The bullet lodged in Barton’s steering wheel and hit his hand. 
 
 “My thumb hurts really bad, actually,” said Barton, who was grateful someone stopped Day. 
 
 “Without him how many lives could (Day) have taken?" asked Barton, "So super-thankful for that hero." 
 
 The incident started around 5 p.m. when police were called to a report of a possible carjacking near a gas station. Day approached a family and tried to take their car but was unsuccessful. He fled the scene, driving the wrong way down the highway and entered the city of Tumwater where he crashed his vehicle. 
 
 He left his car and attempted to carjack at least two other vehicles, fired shots and demanded the owners abandon their cars. The suspect successfully carjacked a third vehicle that he drove to Walmart, according to police. 
 
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 Dayentered the Walmart store around 5:30 p.m., fired shots at an ammunition display case and removed some ammunition. 
 
 Two shoppers in the store were legally carrying firearms and heard the shots. The armed civilians followed him to the parking lot where he shot a man while attempting to take his car. 
 
 Day approached a second car, and when the driver backed away, one of the armed citizens shot him. After shooting Day, the civilian immediately retrieved his first aid kit from his car and rendered aid to the victim of the attempted carjacking until help arrived. 
 
 "He is a hero. This (suspect) could have taken out more people, wounded or killed," witness Brian Adams said. "(The suspect) hijacks a car apparently to get here, then hijacks another car. If this customer hadn't done what he did.... Yeah, he's a hero." 
 
 Witness to Tumwater Walmart shooting says bystander that shot and killed suspect is a hero. 
 
 Says that man also rendered aid to victim that was shot. @KING5Seattlepic.twitter.com/Jud3YCtV7a — Michael Crowe (@MichaelReports) June 18, 2018 
 
 The victim was later airlifted to Harborview. He remains listed in critical condition. 
 
 "All of a sudden, you hear this pop or a crash sound. About 15 to 20 seconds, maybe even later, another sound exactly the same," witness John Gerasimczyk said. "I saw everyone else started to exit the area. Some people were moving more slowly, they were still kinda confused what was going on, so I just started shouting, 'go, go, go!'" 
 
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 Investigators say the vehicle stolen during the earlier carjacking was recovered in the Walmart parking lot. 
 
 Investigators say Day has a history of drug and weapons crimes and believe he was high and suffering from mental health issues Sunday. 
 
 Police are not looking for any other suspects. 
 
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– It's hard to imagine an attempt at heroism going worse than the one Kristopher Oswald attempted Sunday. The 30-year-old Walmart employee was taking a lunch break in his car at around 2:30am (he worked as an overnight stocker), when he heard a woman screaming for help and saw a man on the hood of her car. He approached and asked if the woman needed help, and the man lunged at him, he tells WXYZ. Oswald got on top of his attacker, only to be jumped from behind by two other men. Police came to his rescue soon thereafter. But the last blow landed later when Walmart fired him over the incident. A company spokesman tells the AP that they fully understand that he was trying to help, but that he violated Walmart's anti-violence policy. Oswald was stunned. "The last thing I expected was to not have a job," he says. "I don't even know what to put on an application about all this. How do I say this ended?"