MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) — Twenty-eight-year-old Victor Wallace-Nelson is charged with one count of first-degree recklessly endangering safety and use of a dangerous weapon.

According to a criminal complaint, Wallace-Nelson is a Walgreens security employee and allegedly shot a man trying to steal from the Walgreens near 35th and Wisconsin on Tuesday.

The criminal complaint details a Mirandized interview Wallace-Nelson had with police at the scene.

In the interview, Wallace-Nelson told police he saw a man trying to put things in his pants and that he recognized him from prior thefts at the same Walgreens location.

The complaint says Wallace-Nelson told police that they both went outside and the man “muffed” Wallace-Nelson, and Wallace-Nelson hit him back.

Wallace-Nelson told police that the man pulled out a knife and that Wallace-Nelson spit, the man walked into it, and the man and the woman he was with spit back.

The complaint says Wallace-Nelson told police in the Mirandized interview that the spit got in his eye, and while he was wiping it from his eye, the other man raised the knife and Wallace-Nelson shot at him eight times.

Wallace-Nelson told police he never feared for his safety during the argument until he could not see with the spit in his eye.

The criminal complaint also contains details about surveillance video police obtained from the incident.

According to the complaint, the video shows Wallace-Nelson and the man arguing for two minutes in the parking lot, Wallace-Nelson throwing a punch and the other man holding a pocketknife throughout the argument.

Near the end of the argument, the complaint says the video shows the other man and the woman he was with spitting at Wallace-Nelson, who is not seen wiping his eyes or flinching, while the other man is not observed raising his knife.

Police say the video then shows Wallace-Nelson shooting once at the man’s head and then shooting five to six more times at the man while he ran away.

The man was shot once in the leg and is expected to survive.

According to the complaint, police asked Wallace-Nelson why he did not go back inside and remove himself from the situation. He responded that there were “too many emotions in the air” and he was trying to “end” the situation.