Man Goes on Bat-Wielding Rampage at Walmart

I found this story on KTLA News.

This is about a 23 year old man who was walking through Wal-Mart, grabbed a baseball bat, and started vandalizing flat-screen televisions. He destroyed 29 flat-screens which totaled up to $22,000. The report said, “Police in Lilburn near Atlanta have charged Westley Strelis with 29 counts of criminal damage to property in the second degree.” Witnesses have told the police that Strelis grabbed a metal baseball bat and headed toward the electronic department and destroyed the 29 televisions that were on display.

My first opinion of this was laughter. This is a very funny story. It is sad for the Wal-mart store that now has damaged goods, but funny for the people around.

What caused this man to go nuts in the electronic department at Wal-Mart? What did Wal-mart do to him? I’m so curious as to what started this whole thing. Maybe his girlfriend broke up with him, and he was very upset. The main thing I have to say is at least he hit 29 televisions and not 29 random people walking by him. Could you imagine if he had been violent to people instead? Not to put myself in harm’s way, but I kind of wish I were in the store when he had this breakdown. That would have been something to see.

You don’t really hear about stories such as this one very often, good thing no one got hurt, and let’s hope they come out with an updated story as to what set this man in destructive mode.