Police in Florida are looking for a male who attempted to steal a BB gun from a Walmart. He abandoned the weapon when officers were called to the scene.
are looking for a male they say tried to steal a weapon from a Walmart Supercenter Friday night.
Plant City police relieved a call around 8:21 p.m. that a male was within the garden center of the store loading a rifle. Officers arrived within two minutes of the call, and evacuation was initiated by store management to secure the store. Officers conducted several searches of the store but did not find anyone. There were no reported injuries, and the store was deemed safe to re-enter.
"Upon review of store surveillance footage, a black male wearing a white tank top and a black mask covering his head and face was observed with a rifle-style BB gun from the sporting goods section of the store and was possibly loading the BB gun with BB pellets," a press release reads.
During a search police located a black rifle-style BB gun on a shelf outside its packaging box, and a package of BB pellets nearby torn open and scattered about.
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