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| Man drove his car into Walmart |
(Scroll down for video) A man was arrested after he deliberately drove into a Walmart store and began beating people with a metal bar.
Jaamid Zaid, a 33-year-old man from California, drove his car through the front entrance of the San Jose Walmart store.
When his car came to a stop he got out and began hitting onlookers with a blunt metal object.
Witnesses at the scene told police that Zaid, was seen speeding in the Walmart parking lot and hitting two cars. He then drove into the store smashing things along the way.
Zaid’s vehicle was finally stopped by a stack of beer crates. Zaid then allegedly jumped out, grabbed a metal bar and began hitting customers and an employee of the store.
Zaid hit a 61-years-old employee in the head when the employee took a step toward the vehicle to help the man. The employee is recovering at a local hospital.
Three other people were taken to a hospital, two of them in serious condition. Six people were treated at the scene.
A group of shoppers and employees pushed Zaid to the floor and held him down until police arrived. Investigators said that Zaid appeared to be under the influence of methamphetamine.
“People who shop at Walmart expect a nice and calm shopping experience. People just panicked when the car suddenly appeared inside the store,” Gabriel Lori, 19, of Houston, Texas told YourJewishNews.com after seeing the video.
Zaid was booked into the county jail and charged with assault with a deadly weapon and felony hit and run. He currently remains held without bond.
In the video below, you can hear the panic as customers run around confused. At :46 in the video you can see people holding Zaid down while waiting for police. At 1:38 in the video you can see the red car inside the Walmart store.
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