Another Walmart gun incident...

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Police: Man with rifle, bulletproof vest arrested at Springfield, Missouri, Walmart 

Police say a man was arrested Thursday after he showed up at a Springfield Walmart store with a loaded rifle and a bulletproof vest. Lt. Mike Lucas with the Springfield Police Department said the incident occurred at about 4:10 p.m. at the Walmart Neighborhood Market on West Republic Road.  Lucas said the man showed up to the business with body armor and military-style clothing and then walked inside carrying a “tactical rifle” and another gun. As shoppers were panicking and fleeing the store, Lucas said the man was taking video on his phone and making comments to people while pushing a shopping cart. Lucas said the suspect then walked out of the store, where an off-duty firefighter held the suspect at gunpoint until police arrived moments later. The suspect, a 20-year-old white man, was arrested, but Lucas said police are still working to determine his motives and whether he intended to shoot anyone. Lucas said the man had more than 100 rounds of ammo. “His intent obviously was to cause chaos here, and he did that,” Lucas said. 

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Man asked Walmart salesperson to help him find something 'that would kill 200 people'

 

Police have located a man who allegedly told a Walmart salesperson that he was looking for something "that would kill 200 people." The alleged incident happened on Wednesday Aug. 7, just four days after a mass shooting at a Walmart in Texas that left 22 people dead and more than two dozen others injured. The suspicious request was reported at a Walmart in Port St. Lucie, Florida, at around 7:11 p.m. The Port St. Lucie police received a tip that helped identify the man as 55-year-old Philip Michael Attey II, who is from Port St. Lucie. Attey approached a sales clerk and allegedly asked "can you sell me anything (or a gun) that would kill 200 people?" according to the police press release. The sales clerk, who was working in the sporting goods department, replied, "that isn't funny," police said. Attey then allegedly replied "I know," before asking again if there was something he could be sold that would kill 200 people. Attey then left the store, located on Highway 1 in Port St. Lucie. During an interview with detectives, Attey said he is an anti-gun activist and that he believes his statements made to the Walmart clerk in front of a customer "only helps his cause which is for Walmart to stop selling firearms," police said. Authorities do not consider Attey an immediate threat and he was not arrested or charged. An investigation is ongoing.