VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — Recently unsealed federal court documents show how 31-year-old DeAndre Murphy is accused of interstate threats after an incident in 2022.
Federal prosecutors allege that he tried to extort $20,000 from Walmart.
It states on Nov. 25, 2022, he allegedly called Walmart in Virginia Beach from Atlanta and stated that unless he was paid $20,000, “his people” were in the parking lot, ready to come into the store and shoot the people shopping inside.
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Police told us back then they were working with the FBI to find who made the calls.
The threats came just days after a man opened fire and killed six co-workers at a Walmart in Chesapeake and injured others before turning the gun on himself.
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Murphy is currently being held in the Western Tidewater Regional Jail.
Murphy's lawyer said he does not have a comment at this time.
