[Vision2020] Man Shoots Round Into Ceiling at Walmart

[Tom Hansen]

Courtesy of AZfamily.com at:

http://tinyurl.com/ElMirage-Walmart

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Man shoots round into ceiling at el Mirage Walmart in front of people

EL MIRAGE – Police took a man into custody who reportedly accidentally
fired one round into the ceiling of a Walmart in front of several people.

El Mirage officers responded to the store located at 12900 W. Thunderbird
after receiving reports of shots fired. When police arrived at the store
the manager was standing with the suspect.

During the investigation, witnesses told officers 30-year-old David
Walter, of Surprise, entered the store with a semi-automatic pistol in a
holster. He would repeatedly holster the gun and un-holster it as he
walked through the store. Witnesses say the suspect ‘continually messed
with’ and was manipulating the gun.

Walter was standing at the electronics counter talking to the clerk when
he reportedly pulled the gun out of the holster, removed the magazine and
put it back in. The clerk got scared and said she was afraid he was going
to rob her and notified the store manager.

Walter again allegedly approached a checkout lane and stood near several
customers and workers as he pulled the gun from his holster. As he pulled
the gun out its magazine dislodged and fell to the floor.

Walter re-inserted the magazine into the pistol and manipulated it as if
loading it when the gun discharged.

The suspect was arrested and booked on six counts of endangerment,
disorderly conduct and discharging a weapon within the city limits.

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Seeya round town, Moscow.

Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho

"The Pessimist complains about the wind, the Optimist expects it to change
and the Realist adjusts his sails."

- Unknown