Police: Suspect in Wal-Mart shooting says he was threatened

Associated Press

PITTSBURGH

The suspect in a shooting at a Hermitage, Pa., Wal-Mart store told police he opened fire on his co-worker because the employee was offended he was changing genders to female and had threatened him, police said.

Zachary McClimans, 22, of Sharon, told police he raised his concerns to management at the store last week but “no decision had been made” regarding the other employee, police said in a criminal complaint Friday.

McClimans decided one “solution” to the problem was shooting his co-worker, so he took his grandfather’s .380-caliber pistol and drove to the store, the complaint said. Although McClimans originally planned to shoot the other employee outside the store, McClimans went in and shot him about 10:30 p.m. Thursday, the complaint said. The employee was shot four times, including twice in the back, authorities said.