Report: Men Threatened To Shoot Wal-Mart Customers After Unable To Buy Gun

FILE - In this May 28, 2013, file photo, an outdoors sign for Walmart is seen in Duarte, Calif. After enduring a severe winter that chilled business, Wal-Mart is trying to lure shoppers into its stores with the bigg... FILE - In this May 28, 2013, file photo, an outdoors sign for Walmart is seen in Duarte, Calif. After enduring a severe winter that chilled business, Wal-Mart is trying to lure shoppers into its stores with the biggest weapon in its arsenal: a big sale. The world’s largest retailer is offering up to 50 percent on more than 60 outdoor items such as lawn mowers and bags of mulch, starting Friday, March 21, 2014, and ending the following Saturday. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes) MORE LESS

Two men threatened to shoot customers at an Ohio Wal-Mart on Saturday, the Port Clinton News Herald reported.

A Wal-Mart employee told police that she was told that two men entered the store and said they would shoot patrons because they were unable to buy a gun.

According to the police report, another store employee said that the two men tried to start a bank account. The bank manager said that one of the men was intoxicated. The man became very angry and was asked to leave. The manager told police he was unaware of any shooting threats.

The man was then banned from the Wal-Mart, according to the News Herald.

The other man went to the automotive department to get an oil change. An employee in that department did not hear any shooting threats, according to the police report.

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  1. Imagine how horrible you’d have to be to be banned from Walmart.

  2. What a Pulitzer-worthy piece of journalism.

  3. I’ve been thrown in to better places.

  4. Avatar for marby marby says:

    Whatever actually happened here, it is just dumbfounding that we have to accept the casual inclusion of guns in every aspect of our lives. This time, it’s guns and oil changes.

  5. Why is TPM hiding that one of them was named SteveBob?

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