Tuck appeared in court in a wheel chair after spending several days in the intensive care unit at Miami Valley Hospital.
All accusations against the Spring Valley Twp. man stem from an incident on Tuesday evening where police said he took two GameStop employees hostage, leading up to the shootout with police.
The case is expected to go before a grand jury on July 10.
He spoke with News Center 7’s Gabrielle Enright, telling her he had no memory of the incident he was in court to answer to.
Tuck, who once had asperations to join the United States Marine Corps, said he doesn’t remember “most of” what happened on Tuesday.
“All I remember is riding the bike from the house,” he said. “Then I ended up at the store somehow and allegedly robbed it.
“We’ll let a jury decide that,” he said.
He told Enright he’s not insane, and he only visits the GameStop “once or twice” a year. When asked if he wanted to kill police officers on Tuesday, he said he didn’t.
“I have nothing against them,” he said.
Brian Atkins, an officer hit by flying glass or gunfire during the incident on Tuesday, was treated and released from Grandview Medical Center. He suffered a laceration to his arm.
Tuck was armed with a .45-caliber semiautomatic pistol and walked into the store on Hospitality Drive to rob it, Police Chief Randy Person said.
The gunman took the two store employees hostage and forced them to drive off.
An officer on patrol spotted someone who fit the description of the robber, who had by then gotten out of the car he had commandeered.
When the officer challenged the man, Person said, the man spun on the officer, showed what appeared to be a gun in his waistband and took off running.
Two police officers in a cruiser cut the man off in the area of Montana and Vermont drives. There, he began firing into the cruiser, Person said, shooting out the windshield, the rear window and the driver’s side window.
Eighteen to 20 shots were fired between officers and Tuck during the gunfire, officials said in a news conference Wednesday.
As that was happening, the officer who had confronted the man earlier caught up to the scene and fired several rounds. He hit the gunman once, Person said.
The workers and the second officer in the cruiser were not injured during the shootout.
Xenia detectives and Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation agents worked well into Tuesday night, gathering evidence at the scene of the shooting.
Talking to Enright on Friday, Tuck was asked what he wanted people to know about him.
“Nothing,” he answered. “I want to remain a ghost … I don’t want to be a celebrity.”
Person, asked whether enough was done at the store to thwart the robbery, said, “If someone comes in at gunpoint, you pretty much give them what they want and do what they want you to do.”
Tuck said none of Tuesday’s events were premeditated.
“I never once planned on robbing a store,” he said. “The risk wasn’t worth the reward.”
Tuck was then asked why he did.
“I don’t know,” he answered.
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