BG Police called to Walmart for employee reportedly threatening to harm co-worker and himself

BG Police Division building

Bowling Green Police Division responded Thursday at 3:31 a.m. to Walmart for an employee who had reportedly threatened another employee and threatened to harm himself.

The 21-year-old employee was being terminated from his job for reportedly threatening to use a firearm to hurt a co-worker, when the employee also threatened to take his own life. Officers took the man to the police station, where he was met by a mental health professional from Unison. He was then transported up to St. Charles Hospital.

The man was advised that he would be charged with trespassing if he returned to the Walmart store in Bowling Green.