Man found guilty of threatening Columbia grocery store
Jazsmin Halliburton
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)
A Columbia man accused of causing a grocery store to go on lockdown last year was found guilty by a jury on Wednesday evening.
John Linzie, 45, was found guilty of second-degree making a terroristic threat and first-degree property damage. He was previously charged with first-degree making a terroristic threat and first-degree property damage.
A sentencing date was not immediately available.
According to a probable cause statement, Linzie allegedly threatened to “grab a shotgun and shoot everyone” at 7:20 a.m. that morning at the Gerbes Supermarket on West Broadway. Court documents say Linzie threw trash cans at the store’s glass door, broke some of the cart corrals and wanted to fight staff.
According to court documents, a manager at the store had locked down the store to keep Linzie from entering and staff said it would cost at least $1,000 to fix the cart returns.
The jury trial will take place in front of Judge Jacobs.