They came back on wsfa today and said it was pepper spray

Yup!

Walmart: Pepper spray, not rotten produce, caused incident at Millbrook store

MILLBROOK, AL (WSFA) -

Walmart officials now believe pepper spray, not rotten produce, caused customer complaints and the evacuation of the store in Millbrook Sunday.

On Sunday, police said the store was evacuated after several customers complaints about breathing problems and irritated eyes.

Initially police and a Walmart representative said the complaints and odor came from an orange that was rotting under a box.

A Walmart official says, after further investigation, associates found an empty pepper spray can they think was the culprit.

"We’re thankful no one was seriously hurt and are sorry for the inconvenience to our shoppers," said Leslee Wright, Walmart senior corporate communications manager.

Clue: Pepper spray is infused with a citrus odor for easy detection. If you smell oranges and your eyes are burning, OC spray is the likely culprit.

I know this was a relatively minor incident, but the fact that the police and fire department seemed to be involved in covering it up is the most troubling part. From what was said they found the pepper spray right away but still went on with the rotten fruit story. Just seems strange. If you don't want to say what it was just say we don't have a comment or its under investigation, no need to lie about it or go with some outlandish rotten fruit story. I understand walmart making up a story, I don't need to trust the walmart manager, but the others need to be honest with the public.

Did the Police or Fire or Fire Departments officially comment on the story and say it was rotten fruit? I never saw it if they did but did see that was reported by WSFA. Their information could have come from the store or other person without the knowledge or authority to release official statements.

That's highly likely. Press don't give a chit. Just need a headline.

The Millbrook police chief was quoted as saying it was oranges.

Cover up, I doubt. Ignorance 100%.

Almost everyone has had that forgotten (decaying) box of FFA fruit that they rediscovered in mid January. Although bad, it wasn't enough to evacuate the house.

ive tried and tried to tell yall the media lies.

That's crazy talk

Well, it had a citrus odor to it. He should have figured it out. Doesn't make him look too good does it?

I can't speak for everyone, but I did not smell citrus. In fact, there wasn't a change in the smell of the air. Just half the store started coughing and some shoppers' eyes turned red. My daughter and I left and drove home. We took showers and washed all of our clothes to be on the safe side.

The story I read said the police chief was asked if it was pepper spray and he said no it was rotten fruit. You know the fire department told him they found the pepper spray. Not a huge deal, but these are people who we are supposed to trust, say no comment or we don't know but it isn't something dangerous and find out what it is, don't make up things.

If peoples would just listen to the authaurotiez!

I can only imagine what kind of yokel Millbrook has for a police chief considering the mayor they have.

I've known P.K. Johnson since he was a sergeant bout 15 years ago and he is a good guy. Probably not the most sophisticated chief around but far from what I would call a yokel. He is pretty well respected in the LE community as a straight shooter.

I graduated HS with him and thought he was a good guy. I haven't talked to him since then. I just see his quotes in the paper from time to time.