Killed in Walmart: dual handgun-wielding assailant shot to death by cops in PA Walmart - TomoNews
STROUDSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA — A heavily-armed man was shot dead by police this weekend after he entered a busy
Walmart superstore and threatened shoppers.
At 10 p.m. on
Saturday night,
Andrew Todd entered the store in
Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania armed with two handguns and a machete, the
Pocono Record reported.
Responding officers confronted
Todd and told him to drop the guns. However, Todd refused to follow instructions, forcing the police to open fire, according to the Pocono Record reported.
Stroud Area Regional Police said bullet struck Todd in his upper chest, and he was later pronounced dead at a local hospital.
Officials said that up to
100 people were inside the store at the time, but no one other than the gunman was hurt during the incident.
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