EAST STROUDSBURG, Pa. — Authorities say a man with a weapon threatening customers at a northeastern Pennsylvania Wal-Mart has been shot and killed by police.
BREAKING: At least one person has been shot at a Walmart in East Stroudsburg, PA. Photo by @YoungSantos12 pic.twitter.com/mncEhLAYLq
— Fresco News (@fresconews) December 13, 2015
The man who went into the East Stroudsburg WalMart and pointed a gun at people was white. He is dead. pic.twitter.com/xJORcFvLTc
— Laurie Monteforte (@lmonteforte) December 13, 2015
Pennsylvania State Police say Sunday that 20-year-old Andrew Joseph Todd, of Mount Bethel, Pennsylvania, was shot when he refused officers’ orders to drop his weapon inside the Wal-Mart late Saturday.
Police were dispatched to the store shortly after 10 p.m. Saturday on reports of an armed man threatening and pointing a weapon at customers. Officials say about 100 people were in the store at the time.
State police say officers ordered Todd to drop his weapon. He refused and continued to point it at officers. Police then fired at Todd, striking him in the upper chest. Todd was transported to Pocono Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead by the Monroe County coroner.
Plenty of law enforcement here at Walmart in East Stroudsburg after shots fired inside earlier this evening. @WNEP pic.twitter.com/meJBb6G2Cc
— Clay LePard (@ClayLePard) December 13, 2015
State police say no customers or officers were injured.
The Pocono Record reports Todd was carrying two guns and a machete.
Jack Phillips contributed to this article (tweets).
