A Florida man with firearms threatened to kill a Walmart buyer who asked him to put on a mask, sheriff’s officials said.
Vincent Bruce Scavetta, who was caught on surveillance video brandishing a pistol from his waist during an argument with another buyer at a Royal Palm Beach Walmart on July 12, was arrested on charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and improper display of a gun, the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office said Thursday.
“Welcome to PBC Jail, son,” the deputies tweeted. Let this be a lesson. It could have ended badly. “
Scavetta, 28, of Lake Worth Beach, was pushing her father in a wheelchair when Christopher Estrada, who was shopping with his young daughter, asked him to put on a mask because of COVID-19, according to a report. of arrest obtained by South Florida Solar Sentinel.
Estrada, 46, said Scavetta launched into a tirade of expletives before aiming the gun at his head and threatening to shoot, sheriff’s officials said.
“I will kill you,” Scavetta told Estrada, according to the report.
Scavetta and her father left the Walmart after the confrontation subsided. Sheriff’s officials then released screenshots of the surveillance video to identify him, reports Sun-Sentinel.
Scavetta later contacted officers to give her side of the story and turned in her firearm as evidence and provided investigators with a valid concealed transport permit, according to the arrest report.
Scavetta, who said he removed his mask inside the store because he got wet outside during a storm, accused Estrada of hitting him with an umbrella, according to the report.
But Scavetta later admitted that he wasn’t sure if he was hit due to the stress associated with the incident. Meanwhile, Estrada told officers that he raised his umbrella toward Scavetta during the gun threat, but couldn’t recall if his umbrella actually hit the man, officers said.
Scavetta, who was arrested Wednesday, was released from the Palm Beach County Jail after posting a $ 15,000 bond, online records show.
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