https://www.nwfdailynews.com/news/20191 ... p-businessPanera employee charged with threatening to ‘shoot up’ business
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The suspect, 18-year-old Micah Emmory Lopez of Florosa, said he made the comments as a joke.
MARY ESTHER — A Panera employee was charged Friday with threatening his place of employment with a firearm.
Micah Emmory Lopez, 18, said Thursday he was going to “shoot up” Panera and told a coworker to stay home on Friday, the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office said in a press release.
Panera went into lockdown on Friday.
Lopez called in sick from work. He was located at his residence in Florosa. During a post-Miranda interview, he denied intending to cause violence.
According to OSCO, Lopez said the comments were made as a joke.
He is charged with making a threat to use a firearm, which is a second-degree felony.
Mary Esther is 17 miles from Niceville