UPDATE:
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WCBD) – The Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department arrested Terrence Lenard Middleton (53) on Friday night on charges of pointing and presenting a firearm outside of a Moncks Corner Walmart earlier in the day.
Middleton is being held in Charlotte pending extradition back to Berkeley County.
ORIGINAL:
MONCKS CORNER, S.C. (WCBD) – The Moncks Corner Police Department is searching for a man charged with presenting a firearm in the parking lot of a Moncks Corner Walmart.
Officers received a report of a man possibly having a rifle at the Moncks Corner Walmart.
There was a police officer working as security in the store and he, along with Walmart staff, were able to identify the subject in the parking lot with a rifle.
No shots were fired and it was later confirmed that the subject did leave the area.
Witnesses say the man originally came into the store to purchase a hunting/fishing license but, when his credit card was declined, he left disgruntled, went into his vehicle and pulled out a rifle.
He approached the store and made verbal threats but never re-entered the store.
The subject was identified as Terrence Middleton of Charlotte, North Carolina.
An arrest warrant was signed and filed on Middleton for Pointing or Presenting a Firearm.
