Report: Man wearing body armor, carrying tactical weapons arrested at Walmart in Springfield, MO

[bcool]

Source: KSDK-TV in St. Louis, MO

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — A man was arrested Thursday afternoon after police said he walked through a Walmart store in Springfield, Missouri, armed with loaded tactical weapons and more than 100 rounds of ammunition.

According to Springfield NBC Station KY3, police responded to the Walmart: Neighborhood Market at Republic Road for an active shooter call at around 4:30 p.m. When they arrived, they found the man wearing body armor and military fatigues. Police said he was also armed with tactical weapons, according to the report.

Police said the man was recording himself walking through the store, which alarmed an employee. The employee then pulled the fire alarm to evacuate the store.

KY3's report said the man used an emergency exit but was spotted by an off-duty firefighter, who held the man at gunpoint until the police could arrive.

Read more: https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/local/report-man-wearing-body-armor-carrying-tactical-weapons-arrested-at-walmart-in-springfield-mo/63-3c696f88-c232-430d-abb3-df02abb5fd4c

[mopinko]

1. walmart has a lot of power to change the whole game.

they could stop selling guns any time. it wont hurt them.
they could institute their own limits and requirement, too.

it will piss some off, but that wont put more money in their pockets so they can shop somewhere else.

[DeminPennswoods]

6. Dick's stopped selling guns

and is doing just fine. They're phasing out hunting gear, too.

[luvs2sing]

8. Driving through northern Indiana a year ago..

I passed a shop called Gun Town which had a huge banner on the front of the building that read, “We sell AR-15s cuz we’re not Dick’s”. 🙄

Last weekend, I drove through again. Dick’s is still in business, but Gun Town is boarded up with a for sale sign on the building.

Small victory..

[canuckledragger]

30. I love karma

when it comes back and bites fucking idiots in the ass.

[greyl]

42. Awesome. nt

[calimary]

46. Just desserts. And yes, Dick's IS still around. And doing just fine.

[Kaleva]

48. Dick's still sells guns and ammo

https://www.dickssportinggoods.com/c/guns-ammo

[BumRushDaShow]

55. But they have been slowly phasing out in-store sales at a number of locations

https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/14/investing/dicks-sporting-goods-guns/index.html

but no longer sell the "assault-style" types - https://money.cnn.com/2018/02/28/news/companies/dicks-weapon-ban/index.html

[Kaleva]

66. As more and more buy guns & ammo on line, brick and motar stores will phase out selling them

And Dick's Sporting Goods subsidiary, Field & Stream, will continue to sell guns in-store.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Field_%26_Stream_(retailer)

[BumRushDaShow]

67. And that's where some serious regulation needs to happen.

[Kaleva]

68. How so?

I buy on line because the selection and prices are so much better. I buy my ammo on line and also my .38 Special revolver. My next gun is going to be a RIA 20 gauge, single shot, break action shotgun. That's about all the firepower I'll ever need.

[BumRushDaShow]

69. I'm not talking about you personally

I'm talking about "interstate commerce" (which would involve federal laws) and if a state should have certain restrictions in place, out-of-state buyers should not be able to purchase beyond what is the law for their own state - and that includes all those "private" online retailers.

[Kaleva]

73. I agree with that.

[melm00se]

62. They still sell firearms (at least where I live)

just not modern sporting rifles.

And it has impacted them. Their Operating Income has dropped by $50 million over the last year.

[Luciferous]

14. I refuse to shop there now. I just went school shopping for the kiddo and went to Target instead.

[BigmanPigman]

31. New Mexico's Walmarts stopped selling guns, why not all of them?

https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/451541-walmart-will-stop-selling-guns-in-new-mexico-on-july-22

[Maxheader]

2. Another nut job..

Needs put behind bars for a long time..

[msongs]

3. not nut job, a gun owner nt

[MacDombles]

9. So was

The firefighter that saved possibly hundreds of people.

[Cryptoad]

23. who will still pass a background check

if he wants to buy a few more pea shoooters

[FBaggins]

32. Depends on what he was arrested for

And whether he’s convicted of course

[LuvLoogie]

53. ...But a narcissistic entitled asshole, nonetheless

fuck that guy.

[forgotmylogin]

15. These type of people want so badly to normalize themselves as suburban tactical commandos.

It's a white male power fantasy, usually individuals who'd never consider joining the actual military want to walk around armed to the teeth to get the respect they feel they're owed but never have earned in their actual life.

[Comatose Sphagetti]

17. This

nt

[Bradshaw3]

27. Boy is that the truth

Well said.

[GulfCoast66]

41. Spot on!

[blugbox]

57. Yes!!

The soldier of fortune fantasy!

[Nay]

63. EXACTLY THIS.

[RazBerryBeret]

4. Glad no one was hurt

But a black man walking around a WalMart in Dayton Ohio with a BB gun off their shelves was shot immediately by police. Weird contrast.

[B Stieg]

36. Good get!

[marble falls]

5. Throw the book at him.

[bitterross]

18. For what? Open Carry is Legal in MO

I can't find any law that he broke.

[greyl]

43. Inducing panic. Wearing body armor, military fatigues, carrying tactical weapons

is a reasonable cause of panic. They've used this law against drug overdose survivors, so I think it'll stretch just fine around this asshole.

[Maine-i-acs]

47. Gungasmers love to flaunt / challenge this

walk around armed / armored

induce panic
insist it's their right
then get high profile protection from fellow RWNJ's

[AtheistCrusader]

71. Initially the police stated he'd broken multiple laws.

There was also claims of a 'manifesto' etc..

Hard to say with the alert level so high now.

[bucolic_frolic]

7. The Guns of August

They need to do more than slap these people on the wrist. He's either up to no good, or he's mentally suspect. Do something!

[jpak]

10. WTF was he thinking?

He's lucky he's not dead.

[Nay]

12. Oh, I'm sure he's white. nt

[UpInArms]

58. Dmitriy Andreychenko, 20, had been arrested

From this link

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna1040676

The man who is said to be white and in his 20s was detained by the armed firefighter until police arrived at the Walmart Neighborhood Market, police said in a statement. The man in body armor had been seen pushing a shopping cart and recording video of himself on a cellphone, police told NBC affiliate KYTV.

... snip ...

Though police did not name the person, police and online jail records indicate Dmitriy Andreychenko, 20, had been arrested.

The man entered the store with a tactical rifle, a handgun and more than 100 rounds of ammunition, KYTV reported, citing police. He was said to have been stopped by the armed firefighter after leaving through an emergency exit.

[Midnight Writer]

26. He was thinking "This will freak out the libtard snowflakes". Either that or "Kill! Kill! Kill!"

Or maybe he was trying to pick up a mate.


You never know. I am surprised he was arrested because it is not unusual in open carry states to see people walking around with guns. I live in a "gun sanctuary" city.

[Nay]

11. Well, well! A little dick waver with his toys tapes himself getting arrested! I hate

Walmart, but I don't think they are going to stand for this stuff. And thanks go to the smart employee who pulled the fire alarm.

[Grasswire2]

13. At a popular beach campground in Oregon...a man with multiple weapons on a walking trail.

They are everywhere.

[Enoki33]

25. I was hiking a trail that ends a few hundred yards from where the

incident occurred and arrived there just after the armed individual was taken away. If not intercepted by state and county cops it could have been a very different story. Scary people, scary times.

[TomSlick]

16. Bear in mind, that this behavior is perfectly legal in "open carry" states.

Missouri is a permissive open carry state with local restrictions. That means that unless there is a local prohibition in Springfield, the yahoo did not commit any crime. (I can't wag any fingers, Arkansas is a permissive open carry state that prohibits local restrictions - any one who can lawfully possess a firearm has the right to openly brandish a weapon in public.)

Walmart and other retailers should ban weapons from their stores posting necessary signs. That would make someone swaggering around the store with a weapon at least guilty of trespassing. Would it stop all future slaughters in stores? Of course not. However, we cannot allow the perfect to be the enemy of the good.

Walmart and other retailers owe it to their customers and employees to do what they can and bar weapons from stores.

[colorado_ufo]

21. Stores can have their own policies, with no weapons permitted.

Is Missouri a stand your ground state? If so, the idiot could well have been killed.

[FBaggins]

33. They can... but WalMart generally allows it

I believe they just reiterated that position

[TomSlick]

39. I can find stories about Walmart reiterating its position on selling hunting guns.

I cannot find anything about Walmart reiterating its position to allow people to bring guns into stores. Do you have a cite?

[FBaggins]

40. Sure

https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2019/08/06/walmart-will-keep-selling-guns-allow-open-carry

[TomSlick]

45. Thanks - I guess

I am really unhappy that Walmart has taken this position supporting open carry in stores.

It is not only irresponsible, it's just dumb.

OK - plan B. When you see someone carrying a firearm. Yell "GUN!" and move smartly toward the door. It has the benefit of being both the truth and socially responsible. After the store clears, the manager will report to Walmart HQ what happened and why the store emptied. About the third time this happens, Walmart will change its policy.

[colorado_ufo]

52. Good!

[klook]

76. One of the many reasons i dont shop at Wal-Mart. (nt)

[rockfordfile]

49. Then Walmart should be held accountable for letting and supporting these shootings

[TomSlick]

37. Yes, Missouri is a stand your ground state.

You make my point. Walmart owes it to its customers and employees to forbid firearms in its stores.

It seems inevitable that two of these yahoos will each of feel threatened by the other and shoot up a store trying to shoot each other.

[marybourg]

29. At least in AZ, whenever someone suggests

that idea for school, restaurants, bars, etc., the GOP legislature threatens to pass a law requiring any institution wanting to ban guns from their premises to provide gun lockers and a guard. I don’t know if they actually succeeded in passing such a law, but that’s their standard response to people who suggest what you did.

[world wide wally]

19. Can't the owner of a private business ban guns if they want to?

[Cryptoad]

22. They can here in Dumfukistan,

it has to be posted in Bold type ont eh Front door,,,,but u never see any postings,,,,,

[TomSlick]

38. Yes. A property owner can forbid firearms on the premises.

Walmart owes it to its customers and employees to do so immediately.

[Kaleva]

51. Private property owners can forbid open carry but not conceal carry in Nevada

[benld74]

20. That area is GOP heavy

[Midnight Writer]

24. I went to Walmart in illinois this morning. Noticed several police cars in parking lot.

Not unusual in a small town Walmart, because they act as Walmart's security force. (Walmart can't afford security or fair wages)

Went inside, and a young man with a holstered pistol on his hip was walking around the electronics section, pacing back and forth.

He was well dressed, but looked royally pissed off. I thought maybe he was plainclothes cop, but he had no badge showing.

I left the store. Whatever was going on there I don't want to be around it.

[hunter]

75. I don't live in a place where police are so bored they'll volunteer for mall cop duty.

Our cops would show up for an armed idiot walking around Wal-Mart because open carry is illegal here. They'd probably show up for someone taking a crap in a dressing room, screaming obscenities and breaking mirrors. But they are not going to show up to scold some teen shoplifting nail polish, or for some fender-bender in the parking lot.

One thing I do respect our cops for is they'll quickly respond to babies or toddlers left alone in a car at any time, or pets in a car on hot days. I've seen them break windows for those calls.

[SweetieD]

34. Scary. Sounds like he was trying to work up his nerve to do a mass shooting.

[MurrayDelph]

35. As a friend of mine said

[lunasun]

50. No doubt

[Dave Starsky]

61. That's pretty funny. n/t

[Grokenstein]

44. And...here...we...go!

The open-carry "look at me everybody" creeps and the cops are going to start having it out. It's the only possible outcome of the "Need Moar Gunz Errywurr!!1!" idiocy.

[Sapient Donkey]

54. Was this idiot one of those "2nd amendment audit" jackasses?

I always figured you have to be really stupid if you think scaring innocent people is a good way to further your cause. But to it right after what happens takes someone with a lot of extra stupid. This is so stupid, that if I didn't know how stupid these people are, I would think this has to be an agent provocateur. I mean, there really shouldn't be people who this god damn stupid, selfish and sick.

[EarthFirst]

56. That's exactly what I thought...

They create a scene of unnecessary terror in an age where a motorcycle backfiring in public creates a panic.

[brooklynite]

59. Missouri allows open-carry...

Missouri allows open carry without a permit, so long as the firearm is not displayed in an angry or threatening manner.

[Tarc]

60. Dmitriy Andreychenko, pics and social media info

Mugshot: https://springfield.mugshot.press/arrest/837567/dmitriy-andreychenko
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dmitriy.andreychenko.92
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dmitriya16/

[KY_EnviroGuy]

65. Charges: TERRORIST THREAT - 1ST DEGREE

Would be interesting to follow and see if he receives and serves any sentence.

Thanks for posting this info.....

[lunasun]

77. Ok then terrorist threat 1st degree is the charge . Perhaps not just peacocking around the store

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[Maxheader]

64. I was entering a walmart a few years ago..

It was during a time when gun control was in the news..kansaas..And the country 2aers started putting up these don't tread on me flags, with the snake on it..neighbor put one up on his entry gate...

So as I walk in, there is this guy, walking out..wearing camo baggy pants..This dude has a face full of sweat..? Sweat sheen on the forehead..And with 3 young kids in toe. Linked hands..the kids looked ok, just..watchful. And on this mans hip was a big ole holstered gun..right out there for everyone to see...

[YOHABLO]

70. It would seem that from the other posts we might agree that Walmart is a security risk.

[NickB79]

72. So an off-duty firefighter with a concealed-carry permit stopped him

Which sounds like a good guy with a gun stepping up to stop a bad guy with a gun.

BUT, the guy walking around with the rifle ALSO seems to consider himself a good guy with a gun, exercising his rights and legally open-carrying 😂

The irony is mind boggling.

[Blue_Tires]

74. White folks losing their goddamned minds...

[Judi Lynn]

78. The Latest: Armed man arrested at Missouri Walmart charged

Updated 4:40 pm CDT, Friday, August 9, 2019

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — The Latest on arrest of man carrying a rifle and wearing body armor at a Springfield, Missouri, Walmart (all times local):

4:15 p.m.

Prosecutors have charged a 20-year-old man with making a terrorist threat in the second degree by causing a panic at a Walmart store in Springfield, Missouri.

Greene County Prosecuting Attorney Dan Patterson said in a news release Friday that Missouri protects the right to carry a firearm, but that right does not allow an individual to act in a reckless and criminal manner endangering other citizens.

A probable cause statement released Friday says Dmitriy Andreychenko recorded himself as he walked in the store carrying an "AR style rifle" slung across his chest and wearing a ballistic vest. He also had a handgun on his right hip.

The affidavit says he said he was recording himself in case somebody was going to tell him to leave. He said he wanted to know if Walmart honored the Second Amendment.

More:
https://www.chron.com/news/crime/article/The-Latest-Armed-man-arrested-at-Missouri-Walmart-14292995.php



Dmitriy Andreychenko








Dmitriy Andreychenko: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know



Instagram/Dmitriy Andreychenko
Dmitriy Andreychenko pictured on his Instagram page.

Dmitriy Andreychenko is accused of bringing more than 100 rounds of ammunition, a rifle, a handgun and body armor to a Missouri Walmart. The incident occurred on August 8 in the city of Springfield, 160 miles south of Kansas City at the Walmart Neighborhood Market. The store is located along Republic Road in the city.

The Springfield Police Department’s Lt. Mike Lucas said in the press release, “He walked in here, heavily armed with body armor on, in military fatigues, and caused a great amount of panic inside the store… Obviously, what’s happened in Texas and Dayton and all that kind of stuff in the last seven days – that’s on everybody’s mind.”

On August 3, a gunman in an El Paso Walmart shot-and-killed 22 people and injured dozens more. Less than 24 hours later, in Dayton, Ohio, a gunman Connor Betts killed nine people, including his sister, Megan Betts, in a bar in the city.

Speaking to the media, Lucas said that Andreychenko, 20, is “lucky he’s still alive.” Lucas added that Andreychenko surrendered shortly after he arrived at the Walmart after he was confronted by a former firefighter. No shots were fired during the incident.

Lucas added that officers were called to the store after getting reports of an active shooter. When officers arrived at the scene, Lucas said people could be seen hiding outside in the parking lot. He described the scene as being “pretty chaotic.”

More:
https://heavy.com/news/2019/08/dmitriy-andreychenko/

[dalton99a]

79. Dmitriy Andreychenko should go back where he came from

and terrorize people over there

[TexasBushwhacker]

80. Russian name n/t