Four Shot at Georgia Walmart After Gun Slips From Man’s Waistband
LovejoyGA August 23rd, 2022 Four Walmart customers were injured on Sunday afternoon in a mishap involving the mishandling of a handgun.
The incident took place at a Walmart location in Lovejoy, Georgia, at around 12:20 p.m. According to Sergeant Akeem Turnbull with the Lovejoy Police Department, a patron at the store, 29-year-old Michael Walton, was carrying a handgun in an unsafe manner, causing it to slip and go off.
“The gun was in his waistband not holstered and loaded,” Turnbull explained to local news station WSB-TV. “The gun slipped down his leg, he attempted to grab it, and was somehow manipulating the weapon and discharged the firearm.”
Due to the mishap, Walton ended up getting shot in the leg. The bullet then began to ricochet around the store, striking three other shoppers. All were said to have sustained non-life-threatening injuries and were given medical attention.
“One of the victims also got hit in the leg,” Turnbull said. “The other one got hit in the back of the leg and the other one got some bruising. All of them were towards the lower portions of the bodies.”
After receiving medical treatment for his wound, Walton was booked at the Clayton County Jail and charged with reckless conduct, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
