Annually, about 12 cases are reported worldwide, and most cases are in people who live in or have traveled to where the bacteria naturally occurs including parts of South and Southeast Asia and northern Australia. Melioidosis, also known as Whitmore's disease, is a rare but serious disease in the United States. On Friday, October 22, Walmart issued a recall including approximately 3,900 bottles of the room sprays due to the possible presence of Burkholderia pseudomallei, a bacteria that causes melioidosis. The company is also sending letters to another 263 customers with no email address on file and placing calls to the small number of customers with no available email or physical address on file. Walmart has emailed all customers who purchased the item online and more than 2,000 customers who purchased the product in stores.
In exchange for the return, the retailer will provide a full refund and offer an additional $20 gift card. Do not dispose of it in the trash or pour the contents down a drain. It’s unclear what security measures were in place at the Forrest City store today.In accordance with the CDC's guidance, Walmart is urging all customers who purchased the spray since it launched in February 2021 to stop using it immediately and return it to a Walmart Store in a double-bagged, clear zip-top resealable bag and placed in a small cardboard box. The retailer came under criticism for having insufficient security at the El Paso store on that day and has since quietly expanded security at all its stores in the city to include an armed off-duty police officer and a security guard.Ī spokeswoman for the company said in November that the hiring of off-duty officers in El Paso was not a blanket policy. A man was injured in a shooting at a Walmart in Memphis earlier this month, three people were fatally shot at a Walmart in Duncan, Oklahoma, in November, and a gunman killed 22 people at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas, on Aug. It’s not the first time in recent months that a Walmart store has been the scene of a shooting. Asa Hutchinson said in a tweet that he’s grateful for the law enforcement officers who put their lives at risk to keep the public safe. A small strip mall and two gas stations saw no business this afternoon, as they were within the police perimeter. The store was closed and employees were sent home. Police cars with flashing lights blocked roads to the store. Police formed a perimeter with yellow crime scene tape around the Walmart parking lot after the shooting. “We kept our minds straight to where we were safe and we were able to get to safety.” “I was too afraid to think of anything except to get to safety,” she said. She and a coworker ran from the building and officers outside the Walmart ordered her to get as far away from the building as possible. “The first two shots kind of startled me, and then a coworker came in and said it was gunfire,” Priddy said. She said she hid under a counter in the lab until the gunshots stopped. She said she was preparing patient records for the day when she heard eight shots. Tammy Priddy, 57, works at Simmons Eye Center in the Walmart. T he Arkansas State Police Criminal Investigation Division was investigating the shooting. Walmart is based in Bentonville, Arkansas. Walmart spokesman Scott Pope said the company was helping with the police investigation but declined further comment. “Due to their heroism and quick response, no civilians were injured,” Forrest City Mayor Cedric Williams said. Both are assigned to the criminal investigation department and neither was wearing a bullet-resistant vest, Lee said. Eric Varner and Detective Eugene Watlington. Lee identified the injured officers as Lt. The officers responded to the Walmart after someone called police to report a man who was making threats and was “kind of talking out of his head” Lee said at a news conference this afternoon. Two police officers were wounded and a gunman was killed this morning in an exchange of gunfire at a Walmart store in Forrest City in eastern Arkansas, authorities said.įorrest City Police Chief Deon Lee said one of the officers was taken to a hospital about 45 miles to the east in Memphis where he was in surgery, and the initial prognosis is “he’s going to be OK.”