Soldier Carrying AR-15 Creates Chaos at N.C. Mall: ‘Everyone in the Mall Was Panicking’
Fayetteville police said 25-year-old Bryan Scott Wolfinger was arrested and charged with “going armed to the terror of the public” in connection with Thursday’s incident at Cross Creek Mall in Fayetteville.
A statement from the Fayetteville Police Department said Wolfinger was preparing to have photographs taken with the military equipment and rifle when 911 calls were received of an armed male at the mall. The public, not knowing the man’s intention, panicked.
“It was really chaotic,” Amirah Williams told WRAL-TV. “It was scary. Nobody ever wants to be in a predicament like that. I was panicking. My friends were panicking. Everyone in the mall was panicking. It was just scary.”
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... 'to the terror of the public'