Man drives car into San Jose WalMart, attacks customers

[alp227]

Source: KTVU

Several people were injured after a man drove his car into a San Jose WalMart Sunday morning and began assaulting customers inside the store with a blunt object before being subdued by onlookers and arrested by police.

At 11:15 a.m., San Jose Police officers were dispatched to the WalMart on Story Road in response to reports of a vehicle having been driven into the store, according to Ofc. Albert Morales of the San Jose Police Dept.

The car made it an estimated 30 feet inside the store before coming to a stop at a beer display near the entrance, according to witnesses.

Morales said that after the crash, the driver immediately exited the vehicle, grabbed a blunt object nearby and began attacking customers inside the store.

Read more: http://www.ktvu.com/news/news/crime-law/several-people-injured-after-car-crashes-san-jose-/nW8Fb/

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I live in SJ and discovered this story because of friends posting it on Facebook, after I watched the Michigan/Florida game and a movie shown on KQED, Spirit of St. Louis (starring James Stewart). THIS photo definitely will stand out on "People of Wal-Mart":

[tabasco]

1. That's a pretty crazy thing to do

but it's a crazy world.

[darkangel218]

2. Dammit! it went straight for the beer stand!!

[Bernardo de La Paz]

3. No loss at all. It was Budweiser.

[darkangel218]

4. I would've been mad if it was Coors Light :p

that pic looks like its from a Nascar commercial, doesn't it? minus the psycho attacking people part lol

[Auggie]

5. Not funny -- nine injured, one severely

[DJ13]

6. I knew those empty shelves would lead to something like this eventually

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022568174

[WilliamPitt]

7. Gorgeous car

[dembotoz]

10. really

can I have it????

[Hassin Bin Sober]

8. Yes, do you have the Miss Piggy?

[Archaic]

12. Smartly done.

[Richardo]

14. Well played.

[freshwest]

9. Wow, is it the same town where the police were gunned down by the peeping tom?

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Apologize if it is, that was awful, and this isn't really funny. I've seen heavy posts put in concrete in front of the glass doors of some stores, I guess this is why?

[alp227]

11. Santa Cruz actually n/t

[freshwest]

13. Thanks.

[dickensknitter]

15. Wamu

Yeah, (btw... loongtime lurke since 2007, quiet and shy person) retail receives an extra edginess in times of economic distress, mine and others'.
I work hardware/paint/sporting goods and gun& ammo sales at a WaMu in mid south. I spent all evening furtively rolling my eyes at people's reactions to the frustration of their particularly entitled demands. Holidays and more regularly Sundays are the worst, when people feel they have sacrificed themselves to social expectation and are therefore even more deserving of arbitrary personal wish-fulfillment.
I could tell a yammering tale of the bulletheads grieving for their tinny teats.
Anyway, I spose I empathize w/ this fellows auto action just a wee small tad.
Forgive me. Every day, really, I try to be kind and helpful, and most days I
Am glad of trying.

[Blue_Tires]

16. A shame he had to ruin that candy paint job...

[Bucky]

17. A certain percentage of any human (or primate) population will go off the rails at some point.

It's a small percentage, but they often ended up ruining dozens of families' lives.

[firenewt]

18. Only a good guy with a car could have stopped this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1