A Texas man was recently arrested for threatening to shoot up a Walmart filled with customers. Not only was he armed, but he also wore a bulletproof vest. Oh yeah, and this wasn’t his first arrest for similar charges.
The Terrorist Threat in Gun Barrel City
Last weekend, officers in Gun Barrel City, TX responded to a call of an armed man at the nearby Walmart threatening that he will shoot up the establishment.
The armed male, 22-year-old John Thomas Martin, was then arrested and charged with making a terroristic threat: a 3rd degree felony in the State of Texas.
According to a Facebook post from the Gun Barrel City Police Department, they stated that responding officers removed a Glock 10mm semi-auto handgun and four magazines totaling 63 rounds of 10mm bullets. Martin was also seen wearing a ballistic vest under his clothes.
The Arrest of John Martin
Get this, John Martin didn’t have the proper permit for the firearm that he was packing… oops. So, on top of the felony charge of making terroristic threats, he is also charged with unlawfully carrying a weapon…