More security at Manlius Tops after shooting threats from customer

WAER | By Bob Beck

Published March 15, 2023 at 5:00 PM EDT

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A person in a coat and hat walks on pavement toward a grocery store entrance. — A customer walks across the parking lot toward the entrance of Tops grocery store in Manlius, March 15, 2023.

The Manlius Tops grocery store has added extra security after a 20-year-old Jamesville man threatened to kill people at the location.

Manlius police say Zachary Mullen made threats on the social media site Discord. Residents alerted the store, which then informed police. Manlius police say Mullen was arrested for making terroristic threats, some of which were racist in nature. The charge is a class-D felony.

Police confiscated guns from Mullen’s residence that he shares with his mother and said he was allowed to return after being granted pre-trial release. Officials say he will be monitored by police and probation officers.

Authorities say he was distraught over the recent death of his father.

A group of shoppers and a security officer inside a grocery store. — A security guard stands in the front of Tops grocery story in Manlius as shoppers walk by, March 15, 2023.