A young man entered a Walmart store with a rifle and set off a panic

A man accused of having entered a Missouri Walmart with a gun, rifle, bulletproof vest and a hundred ammunition, less than a week after an armed man killed 22 people in a Texas Walmart. The young man, of Russian origin, said that it was a "social experiment" and that he had no intention of to sow panic. He has been charged with serious offenses, including "terrorist threat".

"I wanted to know if Walmart had honored the second amendment," 20-year-old Dmitry Andreychenko told investigators, according to a Springfield police statement. Andreychenko was arrested Thursday after the panic that he generated upon entering the store with the rifle hanging from his chest, pushing a shopping cart and registering with a cell phone, police said. Customers fled the store, called the police and a firefighter on leave stopped Andreychenko until the agents arrived to arrest him.

He told investigators that he was planning to buy grocery bags and that he had no intention of reacting negatively, police said. And he said the registration was in case someone would arrest him and ask him to leave, police said. According to his document, his wife and sister told him in advance that the idea was not appropriate, especially since the recent killings took place in El Paso and Dayton.

He told his sister that it was "a social experiment on how his second amendment law would be respected in a public place," police said, citing an interview with the sister. The rifle he was carrying had a full loader, but he had no cartridge in the room; the weapon was loaded with a bullet in the room. He is now facing a charge of "second degree terrorist threat," the police department said on Twitter.

The consequences he faces do not reflect the way Missouri respects the second amendment, said the prosecutor of the case, Dan Patterson. "Missouri protects the right to carry a firearm, but this right does not allow a person to act irresponsibly and criminally, thereby endangering other citizens," Patterson said. "As famed Judge Oliver Wendell Holmes explained: The strictest protection of freedom of expression would not protect a man when he screams falsely in a theater, causing panic." In other words, knowingly panicking is a crime.

Police Lieutenant Mike Lucas said that it really caused panic. "His intention was not to create peace or comfort for anyone in the company," Lucas said. "In fact, he is lucky to be still alive, to be honest." Andreychenko entered Walmart Thursday afternoon, Lucas said. At that time, the store manager set off the fire alarm to trigger the customer's escape. No shots were fired and no one was injured. According to Lucas, the recent series of mbad shootings in public places may have alerted customers, prompting them to call the police to report an active attacker.

"All we know is that he came here heavily armed with a bulletproof vest, a military uniform and caused a great panic at the same time. inside the store. I've certainly had the ability and the potential to harm people, "Lucas said. "And of course, what happened in Texas and Dayton and all that stuff in the last seven days is a concern for everyone."

El Paso and Dayton

A hundred people marched through downtown El Paso, Texas, to denounce racism and demand gun control laws after a week of murder by a man who, according to authorities , wanted to kill Mexicans. At the cry of "reform of weapons now", "Fuerza El Paso" and, in Spanish, "we are here and we are not leaving", among the demonstrators, there were Hispanics, whites and blacks dressed in white for symbolize peace and wearing 22 wooden cross Representation of the victim.

The accused, Patrick Crusius, told investigators that he wanted to kill Mexicans with his AK-47 rifle. Crusius, 21, is accused of aggravated homicide. Federal prosecutors have said they are considering the possibility of adding charges of hate crimes.

At the same time, funerals were held for many of the victims of the Dayton, Ohio, and El Paso killings. The victims of the Dayton bombing were subjected to religious activities, leaving nine dead and more than 30 wounded. In El Paso, a requiem mbad was celebrated for Javier Amir Rodríguez. He was a 15-year-old high school student.