According to police, the man eventually walked out of the store and quick thinking employees locked the doors behind him.

Meanwhile, police had been called and were on the way. Since the suspect's weapon was a hammer, officers armed themselves with a bean-bag launcher, pictured above, which looks like a shotgun but shoots a bean bag device designed to temporarily incapacitate a violent person when time and distance are available.

Police say "the man refused to put down the hammer and instead started advancing toward the officers, who were trying to de-escalate the situation and keep the man from advancing toward innocent bystanders. The man continued his aggression, so from a distance, the officers deployed the bean bag, which caused the man to drop his weapon. They were then able to take him into custody without serious injuries to anyone involved."