00:00A man is behind bars after Charlotte County deputies say he sent shoppers into a panic in a Walmart parking
00:06lot, pointing a gun at cars.
00:09You'll see stupid stuff like this all the time, no matter where you go.
00:13Gulf Coast News reporter Mohamed Abdelkawi is in Port Charlotte talking to people who say this is the last thing
00:18that should happen during Christmas shopping.
00:21A woman thought the air rifle was a real gun. Something like this in a place like a Walmart will
00:26scare anybody.
00:27She called 911 before things got out of hand.
00:30In the world that we're living right now, everything is possible.
00:34Salimara Alicia shopped at this Walmart at Murdoch Circle in Port Charlotte.
00:38We told her a shopper saw a man pointing an air rifle at Cars Monday.
00:42This is a place she shopped at often.
00:44It gave us a sure that someone could be out there in times of, you know, scary times.
00:52Charlotte County deputies found Lazaro Alonzo Prieto under a palm tree with an air rifle under a blanket.
00:58If you take a look right in this parking lot, you can see it's full and many people are doing
01:02some last minute Christmas shopping.
01:03This is the last thing people want to worry about.
01:06It's a little scary, especially if you're coming around with little kids and you see that.
01:09I mean, I wouldn't think it's safe. If you see it from far away, you think it's a real gun.
01:12It's not a game. It's not a game at all.
01:15People really need to take things seriously about things happening for sure.
01:19Deputies arrested the man yesterday. He didn't shoot anybody.
01:22So thankfully, nobody was hurt.
01:24I'm reporting in Port Charlotte. I'm Muhammad Adil Khali, Gulf Coast News.
