FORT PIERCE, Fla. (WFLA) — A Vero Beach man is facing felony charges after swiping a machete from a Walmart in Fort Pierce and attacking the officers who tried to arrest him.

The Fort Pierce Police Department responded to the Walmart on August 30 at around 9 p.m. after multiple 911 calls reporting a man walking through the store with a machete. When officers arrived, they saw other patrons fleeing the store in a panic.

Body camera video released by the department shows a chaotic scene, and an arrest report said this made it somewhat difficult to identify the suspect at first. The man, pushing a shopping cart, attempts to leave the store when an officer grabs him by the arm and instructs him to stop.

Suddenly, the suspect, later identified as Lawrence Fountain, 33, used his free hand to

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