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Saturday, Nov. 6, 2010 | 10:58 p.m.
Walmart
A southwest valley Walmart store was evacuated Saturday after a man trying to pass a bad check pulled a gun on a security officer and dropped a backpack containing what appeared to be an explosive device, Metro Police said.
The incident happened about 4:45 p.m. at the store at 7200 Arroyo Crossing Parkway, near Interstate 215 and Rainbow Boulevard.
Metro Lt. Steve Herpolsheimer said store personnel recognized the man from a previous incident when he tried to pass the check, and a loss-prevention officer asked the man to accompany him to an office in the back of the store.
The man refused and left the store, he said. Once outside, the man pulled a gun and hit the store officer in the head with it, Herpolsheimer said. The gun went off, firing one round into the air, he said.
Nobody was struck by the round, police said.
As the gunman fled, he left behind a backpack. When Metro officers responding to the shots-fire call arrived at the store, they found what appeared to be an explosive device in the bag and called the bomb squad, police said.
Police evacuated the store, which was crowded with Saturday-afternoon shoppers, and the parking lot. The store remained closed for roughly two hours while police removed the device and swept the premises with a bomb-sniffing dog to make sure nothing else was left behind, Herpolsheimer said.
Police took away the device to be dismantled, Herpolsheimer said.
Police are searching for the suspect, who left behind a fake ID with his picture on it, Herpolsheimer said.
The store loss-prevention officer did not suffer any serious injuries and was not taken to the hospital, police said.
Chunky says:
Once again, another good reason that he and Mrs. Chunks have their CCW's and continual training to go with them!
You just never know where a whacko is going to show up!
That's what Chunky thinks!
Hey, Chunks...
When was the last time anyone saw this headline;
"Man with CCW foils robbery"...
Hey Gmag,
http://arkansasgopwing.blogspot.com/2009...
Your welcome.
Well one day Chunks and his wife will be shot by Metro on their way out of Metro and the whole community will cheer because the cops will say, despite his training, Chunks did something wrong. Like constantly referring to himself in the third person.
I was expecting this to happen or some sort of bomb threat at Costco, I just didn't want to say anything to give someone an idea, however this terrorist should be hanged publicly once convicted of course.
Anyone choosing the name "ChunkyFlyRight" probably IS the whacko with the gun and shouldn't be allowed anywhere where responsible grownups are.
@ bghs1986,
lol. Reminds me of the Seinfeld epidose where Jimmy Likes Elaine...Jimmy Wants to Date Elaine...Jimmy's a Nice Guy.
Ya Chunky,You should have named yourself Chunky Drives Left if you want to get along here.Responsible grownups must be the ones that don't take the ccw training and remain ignorant about their personal responsibilities to protect themselves and their families.Get over trying to post sensibilities here,we don't care if it makes sense,because we can attack you for your name and how you say things too easily,thus avoiding any rational discourse.At least that's what Jimmy is mumbling over there.Oh wait,never mind,Jimmy just got shot for saying Jimmy says yes sir to the officer.
Thumbs up to bghs1986.
With the shooting in Reno, and now this, I'm not sure I want to shop in publicly accessible stores anymore. Home delivery via online order may be a better choice. What is happening?
bghs1986,
HILARIOUS -- I nominate your post for "Comment of the Year."
"...personal responsibilities to protect themselves..."
Oh, so now those who go around preaching that life can be reduced to a handful of silly shibboleths think we all should pack guns, go around blowing away each other, or else we're shirking "personal responsibility." People like that should be sentenced to a month of life in Somalia. That would burst their 'law of the jungle' fantasies, and their fantasies about how tough they really are, mighty quickly.
Security guard (& everybody else) lucky to be alive.
Next - gunmans' family will sue WalMart & who ever called police.
Wow a "crazy" person in another popular store with a gun AND A BOMB and Metro didnt shoot him full of holes and make security footage come up missing??? Is this a sign that Metro is backing off on just randomly shooting people in public?? Probably not considering Gillespie is still around for another term. Its ok Bisch you can try and run again next time.
"fake ID with his picture on it"
ROFL.
This guy is toast.
@roguerunner- Thanks for the comment. At least somebody has a clue.
To everyone else.. Give up your rights and see where that gets you.
Hey Gmag,
I like this headline better:
http://uticadailynews.com/utica_daily_fo...
But of course, ALL cops and CCW holders are unnecessarily paranoid, gun-toting fanatics... isn't that right BGHS1986?
Look up Luby's cafeteria in Kileen,Texas or the McDonald's in San Ysidro Ca.Then you tell me if there is 1 person alive who would not have been thankful for somebody who was carrying to stand up to these crazed acts.That was decades ago in the best of times.Don't want to think you can never be put in that position,especially in mild mannered Las Vegas?Read the papers daily and be thankful all those incidents didn't escalate to that dergree,yet.Personally I have thwarted a robbery and possible great harm or death by three attackers.After that there is no changing my mind on guns.Shrug off your right to carry all you wan't,Ill take that equal chance of survival.Ia'm sure that teacher would have appreciated my preperations if I was nearby for him.Wish he could have prepared for that encounter himself,he would have had a fighting chance.Instead he got no mercy.How many headlines wouldn't even be there,if we stop what would have happened to make the papers?
Is this a message?
Blowing up Las Vegas (and probably another cities) to start the war with Iran?
The only thing which can prevent it, is by fully disclose it.
"Personally I have thwarted a robbery and possible great harm or death by three attackers..."
(Cackle cackle snort...)
"Ill take that equal chance of survival."
(Tee hee hee heee!)
"Ia'm sure that teacher would have appreciated my preperations if I was nearby for him."
(WHOO HOO HOO HOO HOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Thems jokes jus' TOO funny! Ah HAH! HAH! HAH! HAH! HAH! HAH! HAH! -- oh... Please... STOP! My sides are hurtin'... (hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo... Owch...).
I'am glad you responded in such a convincing manner.I don't know if it was the ho ho ho or the whoo hoo hoo that made me realise the error of my thinking that any thing rational would come out of you.Nice to know that defending yourself from harm is only a joke.Next time Ia'm attacked I'll throw some one liners on them and see if that works for me.Lets see,doing the same thing that worked before is insanity to you?If i'am wrong,i'll state my case to a court of law.If your wrong,your just plain dead.If you are as much of a complete ass on the street as you are here,robbery will be a secondary motive in proving you dead wrong.