[Baldwin:] The man who took a gun into Walmart just days after a shooter murdered 22 people at the Walmart in El Paso says he is foolish but not evil. 20-year-old Dmitriy Andreychenko says he is thankful he did not get shot when he openly carried the rifle into a Springfield, Missouri store just days after back-to-back mass shootings. He also was wearing body armor. He was arrested and charged with terrorist threats in the second-degree.
[Dmitriy Andreychenko, Arrested After Bringing Gun Into A Missouri Walmart:] I called a Walmart to make sure this was allowed. And they said it was. So no one looked like they were scared, no one looked frightened. There was no one screaming, no one was getting trampled, it just looked like a very civil evacuation of the building. I just want people to know that I'm not a bad person. I would never, ever hurt anyone. It was foolish. I didn't give it thought.
[Baldwin:] Well, his lawyer told our affiliate that he is a permanent resident and faces deportation if he is convicted. And that does it for me. I'm Brooke Baldwin, thanks for being here. "THE LEAD" with Jake Tapper starts right now.
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