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Pilot Who Threatened to Ram Walmart in Mississippi Faces Terror-Related Charges
Pilot Who Threatened to Ram Walmart in Mississippi Faces Terror-Related Charges
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On Saturday, the Tupelo Police Department said that at approximately 5:00 a.m., they had been notified that "a pilot of an airplane (possibly a King Air type)... 03.09.2022, Sputnik International
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A man who stole a small plane and threatened to crash it into a Walmart in northern Mississippi is in custody and faces charges of grand larceny and making terrorist threats, local police said.Police said Cory Patterson had stolen a King Air twin-engine jet from Tupelo’s airport and flew it over the town for a few hours, putting residents on edge. He eventually landed in a field and was arrested.Earlier, state governor Tate Reeves said that the plane was "down", revealing that the situation "has been resolved and that no one was injured."Earlier, police have said that an aircraft has been circling a Walmart in Tupelo, Mississippi, since early Saturday, and that the pilot is threatening to deliberately crash into the store.TPD also said that “with the mobility of an airplane of that type the danger zone is much larger than even Tupelo” and asked citizens to avoid that area "until an all clear is given”.
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Pilot Who Threatened to Ram Walmart in Mississippi Faces Terror-Related Charges
13:23 GMT 03.09.2022 (Updated: 19:02 GMT 03.09.2022) On Saturday, the Tupelo Police Department said that at approximately 5:00 a.m., they had been notified that "a pilot of an airplane (possibly a King Air type) was flying over the city".
A man who stole a small plane and threatened to crash it into a Walmart in northern Mississippi is in custody and faces charges of grand larceny and making terrorist threats, local police said.
Police said Cory Patterson had stolen a King Air twin-engine jet from Tupelo’s airport and flew it over the town for a few hours, putting residents on edge. He eventually landed in a field and was arrested.
Earlier, state governor Tate Reeves said that the plane was "down", revealing that the situation "has been resolved and that no one was injured."
"Thank you most of all to local, state, and federal law enforcement who managed this situation with extreme professionalism," he tweeted.
Earlier, police have said that an aircraft has been circling a Walmart in Tupelo, Mississippi, since early Saturday, and that the pilot is threatening to deliberately crash into the store.
Tupelo Police Department (TPD) said in a statement on Saturday that they are evacuating the area to "disperse people as much as practical”.
TPD also said that “with the mobility of an airplane of that type the danger zone is much larger than even Tupelo” and asked citizens to avoid that area "until an all clear is given”.
