Missouri WalMart: "Armed with intent to cause chaos"

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I think that's a fair question.  The armed citizen *may* have saved dozens of lives (Hawk say hundreds), or maybe not.  Can you make a citizen's arrest in Missouri for disturbing the peace?  (probably not, but almost.  I think DTP is usually a high-level misdemeanor)  But if a reasonable person thought Rifle Guy was imminently going to shoot someone, he could use deadly force to stop him.  (IANAL, especially not a Missouri criminal lawyer)  Was Rifle Guy actually pointing the gun at anyone, or was it slung?

The fireman will be fine because no prosecutor will prosecute.  But I think he may be on shaky ground and got lucky.  At least he didn't shoot the guy.

What I read said the rifle was slung the whole time and he never showed any threatening behavior other than simply open carrying a rifle.

At another time, his behavior might have raised eyebrows or they would have asked him to leave the store.  In this case, the manager assumed a copy cat shooting.

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Dan Patterson, the Green County Prosecutor, rejected the charge of terrorist threat in the first degree.

Instead, he charged Dmitriy with a terrorist threat in the second degree. The second degree charge is still a felony.