Camillus, N.Y. — A customer inside a Walmart Supercenter was so upset after using an ATM that he pointed a gun at a store employee, Camillus police Capt. James Nightingale said.
The employee, a loss prevention officer, tripped and fell as the man pointed a gun at him, Nightingale said.
WAVES Ambulance took the Walmart employee to Crouse Hospital in Syracuse, he said.
Police are continuing to look for the man with a gun Monday night.
The incident began shortly before 5 p.m. when the man had trouble using the ATM inside the Walmart at 5399 W. Genesee St. Police are still trying to determine what exactly happened that made the man irate, but witnesses said the man began banging on the machine, the police chief said.
The loss prevention officer noticed the man was upset and asked him to stop beating on the machine, Nightingale said. The man continued to hit doors as he started to leave the store and the loss prevention officer continued to ask him to stop, Nightingale said. That’s when the man pointed what appeared to be a handgun at the employee, he said.
“There were no shots fired,” Nightingale said. “No one was shot.”
Police described the suspect as a white man, with a dark T-shirt and pants, a cowboy hat, with a long grayish-black beard. The suspect was last seen on foot in the area of Kasson Road, police said.
“Walmart cleared by itself because of the chaos going on,” Nightingale said.
“There is no threat to the community,” he said Monday night.
Police ask anyone with any information or if anyone sees someone matching the description of the suspect to call the Camillus Police Department at (315) 487-0102 weekdays, or call 911 anytime.
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