A New Jersey Walmart was evacuated on Aug. 15 after reports of a masked person with a gun surfaced. A report said that police said the report of a shooter was “unfounded.”
Union Police said they are “monitoring the situation, and can not provide any details because it is an active investigation,” Patch.com reported.
Police evacuated the Walmart in Union Township near Springfield Road near Route 22
Residents said that customers had left their shopping carts and ran out of the store, according to the report.
About 10 police cars were outside the location, another witness said.
Police in Union Township said they’re monitoring the situation, but they didn’t provide any details about the matter.
Other details about the matter are not clear.
Facts About Crime in the United States
Violent crime in the United States has fallen sharply over the past 25 years, according to both the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reports (UCR) and the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) (pdf).The rate of violent crimes fell by 49 percent between 1993 and 2017, according to the FBI’s UCR, which only reflects crimes reported to the police.
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