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Suspect who threatened SLC store over mask policy arrested
Salt Lake County Sheriff s Office
Mugshot: William Charlie Lewis
and last updated 2021-04-13 00:09:08-04
SALT LAKE CITY â Police arrested a man Monday
Employees at The Stockist in the 9th and 9th district said Lewis threatened to shoot everyone Sunday after he was asked to wear a mask inside the store. Lewis yelled and called employees names during the incident.
âMy mind just went to Atlanta and Denver and everywhere else that there has been a mass shooting as of late,â said employee Josh Edgar.
After police were called, the store closed early to look out for the safety of employees and the neighborhood.
A man was arrested Monday after police say he threatened to shoot up a business because he was asked to leave a Salt Lake store because he refused to wear a mask.
KSL TV
SALT LAKE CITY A Salt Lake City business closed its doors early on Sunday after a patron refused to wear a mask and threatened to return with a gun after he was asked to leave. I didn t take it too seriously at first . it s such a crazy thing to say to someone, said Stockist employee Josh Edgar. But then after a minute I thought, Wait, maybe he s being serious.
The man had gone into the specialty clothing store, located at 875 E. 900 South in Salt Lake s popular 9th and 9th neighborhood, without wearing a mask. When Edgar noticed, he asked the man to put on a mask.