Fired Walmart employee is accused of threatening to blow up a store and kill 2 managers and their families, police say
- Former Walmart employee Roy Lee Maynard, 41, is accused of threatening to blow up a Walmart store in Yakima, Washington, and kill two managers and their families, according to police.
- A police affidavit said that Maynard sent text messages to a Walmart department manager saying he had a bomb to deliver and that he would kill two other managers and make them watch him kill their families and kids.
- The Walmart community is still recovering from two deadly shootings at stores in El Paso, Texas, and Southaven, Mississippi, earlier this year that killed 24 people in total.
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A fired Walmart employee is accused of making threats to blow up a Walmart store in Yakima, Washington, and kill two managers and their families, according to police.
The former employee, Roy Lee Maynard, 41, made the threats over text messages sent to a Walmart department manager on December 10, according to a police affidavit obtained by Business Insider. The manager was at work at the Yakima Walmart store at 6600 W. Nob Hill Blvd. when he received the messages.
The affidavit said Maynard was recently terminated from his job at Walmart. Walmart did not respond to a request for comment.
Maynard said in the texts that he had a bomb to deliver and planned to blow up the store, the affidavit stated. Maynard also said he knew where two other Walmart managers lived and that he would kill them both by hand, according to the document.
He said he was hunting the two managers to make them watch him kill their families and kids, the affidavit said.
Police arrested Maynard at his home on December 10. He faces charges of making a bomb threat and two counts of felony harassment. His arraignment is scheduled for December 24, according to court records.
Walmart has faced a number of threats of violence in the aftermath of two deadly shootings at stores in El Paso, Texas, and Southaven, Mississippi, earlier this year that left 24 people dead in total.
The suspect charged in the Southaven shooting, Martez Tarrell Abram, was suspended from his job at Walmart several days prior to the shooting. The suspect in the El Paso shooting, Patrick Crusius, was not a current or former employee of Walmart.
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