Information reaching Kossyderrickent has it that A pilot circling a stolen plane over a Walmart in Mississippi threatened to “intentionally crash” into the store on Saturday, 3 September, local police confirmed.
Tupelo Police Department said 29-year-old Cory Patterson was taken into custody after he was safely grounded and shoppers were evacuated.
According to local paper Tupelo Daily Journal, Patterson was believed to have been an employee at Tupelo Regional Airport.
This footage shows the aircraft soaring above the location on Saturday.
The pilot of a hijacked plane flying over Mississippi is threatening to intentionally crash into a Walmart, police said.
Authorities said it began early Saturday. The Tupelo police department (TPD) issued a statement saying it had been “notified that a pilot of an airplane (possibly King Air type) was flying over Tupelo, a city in north-east Mississippi. The pilot has made contact with E911 and is threatening to intentionally crash into Walmart on West Main.”
A spokesman for Walmart spoke with CNN and said its Tupelo Walmart store is “currently closed and evacuated”.
“We’re working closely with local investigators and are referring questions to law enforcement,” Charles Crowson, director of the Walmart press office, told CNN.
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