Police officials in San Bernardino and San Bernardino County say there are no credible threats about Walmart shootings there.
San Bernardino Police say they were monitoring threats nationwide, not specific to the city or county.
Copycat threats are common after mass shootings. There have been several recent threats made to other Walmart stores nationwide, but most have turned out to be false.
An Instagram post gave a stark warning to stay away from Walmart stores in California’s San Bernardino County, alleging that police there were warned that white supremacists were planning mass shootings.
The post comes soon after two horrific mass shootings, one at an Uvalde, Texas, elementary school, where 21 people, including 19 children, were killed, and another at the Tops Friendly Markets store in Buffalo, New York, where 10 Black people died in what authorities say was a racially motivated attack.
But the threats are not credible, police in San Bernardino said, and there have been a number of similar threats nationwide in the past week.
"DO NOT GO TO WALMART," an Instagram post on June 4 began in all caps. It went on to say that San Bernardino County police received a tip that white supremacists have "made it clear they are shooting up all Walmarts and will kill Blacks and Mexicans."
The post has garnered more than 6,600 likes as of June 8. Multiple posts making similar claims can be found on Facebook.
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