Man Threatens Home Depot Employee With Axe In SMC: Police

COLMA, CA — A 35-year-old South San Francisco resident was arrested last Wednesday after threatening a loss prevention officer with an ax at Home Depot in Colma, police said.

At around 1: 29 p.m. on Feb. 25, Colma officers were called to the store at 91 Colma Blvd. The Home Depot loss prevention officer reported that a man had threatened him before fleeing the area in a silver Ford, police said.

Officers said they found the car driving in the rear of the Metro Mall Shopping Center. The man matched the description provided by the loss prevention officer, police said.

The loss prevention officer told police that the man started a verbal argument inside the store, which escalated into violent threats. The suspect told the employee he was going to beat him with an ax he was carrying and threatened to bury him, police said.

The suspect also threatened to find and harm the loss prevention officer after work, police said.

The man was placed under arrest and booked into the San Mateo County Jail for criminal threat, police said.

Police did not release the identity of the suspect.