Man arrested in Florida for false threat of shooting

A 31-year-old man was accused in court of threatening to open fire in a supermarket in the town of Gibsonton, Florida, forcing a thousand people to be evacuated in the midst of the commotion over the shootings that in a few hours caused the death of at least 29 people in Texas and Ohio. The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office reported on social media the arrest of Wayne Lee Padgett, 31, who allegedly threatened by telephone with a shooting at a Gibsonton Walmart supermarket, although, according to local media, police found no weapon. Some at home. For this reason, the accusation made against him is to disseminate false information about the use of a firearm in a violent manner, according to a message from the Sheriff's Office. The judge imposed a bail of 7,500 dollars, said channel NBC 6. The call, which was tracked and led police to Padgett, a neighbor of a town in Hillsborough County, forced a thousand people to be evicted from the supermarket on Sunday afternoon. These criminals who want to be scared to go shopping, to the movies, to concerts, to work or to school are nothing more than terrorists, "said Hillsborough Sheriff Chad Chronister. Chronister said he will not "tolerate" those behaviors and will do justice to the fullest extent permitted by law. The United States lived this weekend two massive shootings that left at least 20 dead in El Paso (Texas) and nine in Dayton (Ohio), in addition to numerous injuries. Florida has been the scene of two similar tragedies. In 2016, a security guard of Afghan origin killed 49 people in a gay nightclub in Orlando when a Hispanic party was held, and in 2018 a young man opened fire at his former high school in Parkland and killed 14 students and three teachers .

• 2019-08-05T17:08:32+00:00
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