MILTON, Ga. — Police arrested a 39-year-old Atlanta man April 3 after surveillance video showed him pulling a knife on someone at Walmart on Ga. 9, according to reports.
Leading up to the incident, police say the suspect had approached them multiple times while they were observing traffic on Ga. 9, accusing officers of following and intimidating him.
About an hour after police had a run-in with the suspect, they were dispatched to Walmart because he had allegedly assaulted an unidentified victim. Police stopped the suspect while he was walking away from the store.
When police asked the suspect about a knife, he said he’d opened the knife at Walmart to defend himself after a man had allegedly grabbed him for no reason.
Police detained the suspect while they reviewed Walmart surveillance footage, which showed the suspect walking past a man, violently grabbing the man’s shopping cart and shoving it into him, then attempting to take items from the cart, according to the report.
After the man tried to stop the suspect, the suspect grabbed the man, began to jerk his arms, then pulled a knife from his right pocket and opened it, appearing as if he were going to stab the man, according to the report. The footage also showed the suspect continuing to wave the knife at the man as well as a Walmart associate, the report says.
The suspect was placed under arrest, charged with aggravated assault and transported to the North Fulton County Jail in Alpharetta.
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