Wal-Mart pepper spray

Shortly after dinner the night before last, Bill went to Wal-Mart to get his pictures. He came home much more quickly than he usually does when he goes off to the store. Bill likes to take his time shopping. I think he might spend a lot of time at the magazine racks.

So, it was a surprise to see the pickup come rolling in the driveway within 15 minutes of its departure.

"There's pepper spray at Wal-Mart," he announced as he walked in the door. "There was even a line-up of Wal Mart employees blocking the doors so that nobody could go in." Needless to say, Bill couldn't get his pictures. As curious folks, we were anxious to read all about it yesterday's Bee. Not one word.

We had to wait the entire day for the scoop until last night when Willie came shouting from his bedroom, "Dad, turn it to 4! There was a love triangle at Wal-Mart!" The TV report was coming right up. Within minutes we learned about the pepper spray and the alleged love triangle and how Ponderay's Wal-Mart, later described in this morning's Daily Bee as "the cavernous discount store" was closed down for two hours.

Seems one jealous lady had been stalking another around town. Since the incident, we've learned via various "informed" sources that the discord among young women may have started at a Sagle convenience store. Last night, after finally getting his pictures, Bill went on to Yoke's and listened to a conversation suggesting that the quarreling females had shown up at the boxboy's house a few nights before. The Bee stated in this morning's report that one confrontation occurred at Paul's Chevron station, shortly before the Wal Mart incident.

What we do know for sure is that quarreling females allegedly got into it with pepper spray. A two-month-old baby being held by one of the females endured the worst of the assault, which occurred in the shoe department.

There's great concern about the baby. On the TV, the mother said her baby quit breathing nine times before emergency vehicles arrived. She also said they're worried about permanent damage to the baby's sight and its lethargy. The Ponderay police chief, according to this morning's Daily Bee, says the baby is recovering.

Though the "cavernous discount" store eventually received $6.86 from Bill for his pictures, last night's TV report suggested that Wal-Mart has the right to sue the suspect for lost revenue during the pepper spray shutdown.

Let's sort this out. Who IS the real victim in this sordid affair?  


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