Walmart Employee Intended To Kill Co-Workers in Prescott
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On Saturday December 3, 2016 at approximately 6:28 A.M. Prescott Police Officers responded to the Wal-Mart store located at 3050 Highway 69 in Prescott, after the manager of the store called 9-1-1 to report a disorderly woman in the parking lot with a rifle.
Responding Officers located the woman, 24 year old Ebonice Johnson of Prescott near the back of the store and were able to take her into custody without injury to anyone. A .22 rifle was located near her and she did express her intentions to use it.
The investigation revealed that Johnson, who was an employee at the store had been involved in a verbal altercation with several co-workers during their shift earlier that morning. Johnson addressed the issue with her manager and was unhappy with how the situation had been handled. Johnson became angry and broke a cash register before leaving the store. Johnson admitted she went to her home to retrieve a .22 caliber rifle, and ammo, along with a knife and a torch. Johnson used her computer to write a note indicating her intentions to kill her co-workers and die by forcing responding officers to shoot her. She texted family members to relay her intentions and drove back to the store.
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