MOUNT STERLING, Ky. (LEX 18) — The Mount Sterling Police Department addressed rumors of an incident that occurred just before 11 a.m. on Thursday.
Officers responded to a call for a suspicious male at the Walmart on Indian Mound Drive.
The man has been identified as 39-year-old Timothy Kemp.
According to police, witnesses said they heard the man making disturbing comments around the store.
The arrest citation states, "an employee overheard the male subject talking on the phone that he was going to 'pop people'."
Within minutes, police arrived on the scene and detained the man in the lawn and garden section of the store.
Officers located two loaded handguns in a black backpack.
The man was arrested and taken to MCRJ.
No one was hurt during the incident.
The man was charged with first-degree disorderly conduct and third-degree terroristic threatening and is trespassed from Walmart.
The incident prompted Mapleton Elementary School to be placed on a brief lockdown as a precautionary measure.
There is no threat to the community, and the investigation is ongoing.
Police say they will not be releasing any more information.
