a spokeswoman for bentonville , ark.-based wal - mart stores inc. told the associated press on thursday that while the company understood 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 " .
livingston county sheriff deputies were quick to arrive , but oswald says he was n't expecting what walmart did next .
oswald only began working for walmart about seven weeks ago and would not have been considered a 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 .
the company fired oswald said .
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 .
oswald told wxyz - tv in detroit ( http : bit.ly18qgybh ) 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 .
oswald had worked for wal - mart for about
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 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 .