(TheBlaze) – Authorities arrested 22-year-old Rico Marley after he reportedly entered an Atlanta, Georgia, Publix grocery store wearing body armor and with six guns on his person and carrying a cache of ammunition. On Thursday, ABC News reported that a customer spotted an armed Marley entering a public bathroom on Wednesday afternoon.
The customer notified management, who called authorities to the store to deal with Marley. When they arrived at the store, police arrested Marley as he tried to leave the bathroom.
Authorities charged Marley with reckless conduct, and he is set to undergo a mental health evaluation at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta.
On Thursday, however, WAGA-TV reporter Emilie Ikeda revealed that authorities upgraded Marley’s charges to include possession of a firearm or knife during commission of or attempted to commit certain felonies, criminal attempt to commit a felony, and more.
The quick-thinking customer, identified by the outlet as Charles Russell, said that he immediately became concerned when he saw an armed Marley entering the bathroom. “I saw an AR-15, and I was like … you know, this kind of startled me, again, with the events that just recently happened in the grocery store up in Colorado,” Russell said. READ MORE
