Billy Yoe Budier-Herrera has been named as the man apprehended by Kenner police after entering a Louisiana Walmart while wielding a machete and attempting to kidnap several children.
While inside the store, Budier-Herrera, 33, attempted to snatch two different children away from their shopping mothers. One child was reportedly saved from a his crazed clutches after he failed to release the infant from a shopping cart seat strap.
Budier-Herrera faces two counts of kidnapping charges, two counts of aggravated assault, two illegal counts of illegal carrying of weapons and disturbing the peace. He was also placed on an immigration detainer.
Here’s how the harrowing incident played out:
Around 2 p.m., Billy Yoe Budier-Herrera walked up to the first woman and her son, who was sitting in the grocery cart, and told her she was going to die if she didn’t do as he asked, according to a report from the Kenner Police Dept. The woman tried to walk away, but Budier-Herrera blocked their path, gripping the handle of his machete. Budier-Herrera allegedly told the woman that, if she didn’t listen, the 2-year-old would also die. When she asked store employees for help, police say Budier-Herrera grabbed her son and tried to pull him out of the cart. Continue reading