Armed man at Walmart causes panic in US, says was testing right to bear arms

NEW YORK: A heavily armed man who frightened shoppers and employees at a Walmart in the US sate of Missouri told police he was testing his Second Amendment rights when he recorded himself entering the store, according to a prosecutor, who charged him on Friday with making a terrorist threat.
The man, Dmitriy Andreychenko, 20, of Springfield, Missouri, was carrying a tactical rifle slung across his chest, a handgun and 100 rounds of ammunition on Thursday when he caused a panic at the store, police said. Pictures taken by a witness showed that Andreychenko was wearing a bulletproof vest.
Andreychenko told police that he had bought a rifle and body armour because of the recent shootings and the fatal stabbings of four people in California, on Wednesday, according to the arrest report. He shared his plans beforehand with his wife and sister, both of whom were questioned by the authorities and said they had warned him that he would cause alarm, police said.
“He said he wanted to see if the Walmart manager would respect his Second Amendment rights,” the arrest report said. He was taken into custody without incident after another shopper held him at gunpoint, police said.
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