Las Vegas police to shoppers: Stop hoarding during coronavirus crisis
Metropolitan Police Department spokesman Aden OcampoGomez gave a plea to the public Saturday night to stop the frenzied stocking up on supplies at stores out of concern over the coronavirus outbreak.
It came during a briefing to the news media about a man dressed in a hazmat suit who was taken into custody after he ran into a Las Vegas Walmart and started spraying items. Thirteen people came into contact with the substance that was sprayed, but none appears to have any symptoms connected to the substance, he told reporters.
“One of the things we want to urge the public is that we know that there’s a difficult time going on in the world right now, but there is no reason for you guys to be going into the stores late at night and hoarding some of the supplies due to the fact that there are plenty of supplies left in the stores at this point,” he said.
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