Larry Gene Gay was arrted after allegedly brandishg a gun at an employee who cled to help him weigh steaks when the meat unter at a Price Chopper grocery store Republic, Missouri was closed.
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ARRT OF LARRY GAY
Larry Gene Gay, 70, of Sprgfield is alleged to have held the gun to the Price Cutter's employee's throat after the meat partment was closed. * larry gay springfield *
Sign up to our ee US news bullet sent straight to your box each weekday morngSign up to our ee morng US email news bulletA Missouri man has been arrted for holdg a grocery store worker at gunpot while mandg he be served Gene Gay, 70, pulled out a load semi-tomatic pistol si a Price Cutter store Republic on 18 April durg a dispute over a closed meat Gay told police he was tryg to buy steaks when the “good man” helpg him said he would be unable to weigh the meat bee the unter was closed, acrdg to said he brandished his weapon “jt to say I’m not stealg”.
I’m not gog to hurt you, ” he said he told the employee said the dispute began when staff spotted Mr Gay packg his own meat at the closed said Mr Gay beme upset when told that he uld not do that. “Once he held the gun to my throat — phed to my throat — I cid to ply, ” the employee told officers rpond to the scene after receivg reports of an armed Gay was orred to get out of his tck the parkg lot and placed unr arrt. The load pistol - wh a bullet the chamber - was removed om his hip was subsequently charged wh one felony unt of unlawful e of a weapon and a felony unt of armed crimal was booked to the Greene County Jail on $50, 000 by an vtigatg officer why police had received reports of Mr Gay threateng people wh his gun, he said: “I don’t know.