Man detained carrying over 100 rounds of ammo at Springfield Walmart
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(AP) Police in Springfield say they have arrested an armed man who showed up a Walmart store wearing body armor, sending panicked shoppers fleeing the store.
Springfield police posted on Facebook that ``an armed individual'' was arrested. No shots were fired.
The Springfield News-Leader quoted Lt. Mike Lucas as saying that the man showed up Thursday afternoon wearing body armor and military-style clothing. He walked inside the Walmart carrying a ``tactical rifle'' and another gun. Lucas says the man had more than 100 rounds of ammunition.
Lucas says an off-duty firefighter held the suspect, a 20-year-old man, at gunpoint until police arrived.
He says: ``His intent obviously was to cause chaos here, and he did that.''
The incident happened five days after a mass shooting at an El Paso, Texas, Walmart, left 22 people dead.
