HENDERSONVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Authorities have arrested a man for threatening a mass shooting at a Walmart in Hendersonville, officials said.
According to the Hendersonville Police Department, officers were alerted of anonymous threats of a mass shooting that had been sent to the Walmart located in the 200 block of N. Anderson Lane on Monday, June 23.
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Hendersonville police reportedly worked alongside the Tennessee Office of Homeland Security to investigate the incident, which led them to identify 37-year-old Patrick Michael Ehringer as the person responsible for making the threats.
Officials said Ehringer’s threats were related to a failed relationship and were intended to harass an employee at the store…