Police: Man makes death threat, flashes concealed firearm after Cocoa Walmart argument

Tyler Vazquez | Florida Today

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An argument between customers at the Clearlake Road Walmart ended when a man threatened another man and his mother with a gun before being arrested Wednesday, according to police reports.



Gary Sloan, 66, was following closely while walking behind a woman in the parking lot before she moved over to let him go, police said. While doing this, she remarked "Excuse you" to Sloan, sparking an argument.



"Excuse you, why are you being a smart [expletive] to me?" Sloan replied to the woman, according to arrest reports. "I didn't do anything."

When the woman told him he had been riding her heels, Sloan told the man with her, "You need to control your woman."



"That's my mom, you [expletive]," the man told Sloan, police said.



At that point, the Cocoa man reached toward his waistband and told the two, "You better watch your language or you may not live much longer," arrest reports state.

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The woman and her son, believing Sloan flashed a weapon at them, called security. Sloan refused to leave the store property when asked by security, who then called Cocoa police.



Sloan was arrested and charged with aggravated assault. Police said he had a valid concealed carry permit for the firearm he had in his waistband.

He has since been released from the Brevard County Jail Complex on $15,000 bond.



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