The armed man who walked into a Missouri Walmart store dressed in body armor and fatigues is “lucky to be alive” after being confronted at gunpoint by an off-duty firefighter, a police official said.
that left more than 30 people dead."... Obviously, what's happened in Texas and Dayton and all that kind of stuff in the last seven days — that’s on everybody’s minds."The open carrying of firearms is legal in Missouri, as long as the weapon is not displayed in a threatening manner,The man entered the store with a tactical rifle, a handgun and more than 100 rounds of ammunition, KYTV reported, citing police.
Walmart said in a statement that"the behavior of a customer was concerning to those inside our store and out of caution, law enforcement was contacted." When police arrived, there were"a lot of people hiding outside" behind barriers and businesses in a scene that"was pretty chaotic for a couple of minutes," Lucas said.
Tammy Lea told KYTV that she was in the checkout line when she saw people running from the store,"screaming there was a gunman in the store, shooter in the store."Julie Belew told NBC News in a phone interview that she had parked and was about to get out of her car and go into the store when she heard someone yell,"is that a real rifle?" She said she then saw a man with his hands up.
Belew said that the first thing that came to her mind was Saturday's deadly shooting at the El Paso Walmart."His intent was not to cause peace or comfort to anybody that was in the business here," Lucas said."In fact, he's lucky he's alive still, to be honest."
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