Local police said Cory Wayne Patterson didn't have a pilot's license but had some flight instruction and was an employee of Tupelo Aviation.
Police say the pilot of a small airplane has been circling over Tupelo, Mississippi, and is threatening to crash the aircraft into a Walmart store. The Tupelo Police Department saiAuthorities say a man who stole a plane and flew it over Mississippi after threatening to crash it into a Walmart store faces charges of grand larceny and terroristic threats.
Gov. Tate Reeves announced on Twitter shortly after 10:30 a.m. that the "situation has been resolved and that no one was injured." He thanked law enforcement agencies that helped in bringing the aircraft down. The plane started circling over Tupelo at about 5 a.m., the Tupelo Police Department said. Officers evacuated a Walmart and a convenience store in Tupelo because of the pilot threatened to intentionally crash into the Walmart.
An online flight tracking service showed the plane meandering in the sky for several hours and following a looping path.
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