
November 19, 2019 · New Port Richey, Florida
Wal-Mart Evacuated After Florida Man Found Crawling Through Ceiling
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Classic Florida
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This incident involved a real injury: a nurse was punched, knocked down, and beaten while treating the suspect.
A Walmart is evacuated after a man barricades himself in a crawl space above the ceiling, and he later attacks a nurse at the hospital.
Pasco County deputies said William L. Harrell Jr., 47, entered a New Port Richey Walmart and asked an employee for a phone, claiming his wife was trying to kill him. He then went behind the service desk, threw a stool, barricaded himself in a communications closet, and climbed into the ceiling crawl space, prompting the store's evacuation. Deputies used a stun gun, bean bag gun, and pepper spray to get him down. At the hospital for medical clearance, Harrell punched a nurse in the face, knocked him down, and continued beating him. He was charged with aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer, business burglary, criminal mischief, disorderly conduct, resisting arrest, and battery on a nurse.
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