walmart shooting gang initiation

Law enforcement officials say text messages and e-mails about a gang initiation shooting are likely a hoax।Various media outlets reported getting calls from residents about a communication that the shooting was scheduled to occur at a local Wal-Mart store Thursday night।Oklahoma City police Sgt। Jennifer Wardlow says there's no credible evidence of a threat, adding the hoax started in 2005 and occasionally resurfaces.Law enforcement and store officials in Tulsa, Lawton and Shawnee also said the hoax was similar to another communication a few years ago.The Web site www.snopes.com, which tracks American urban legends, traces the hoax to July 2005 in the Memphis, Tenn., area.Wardlow said police used the Web site to help confirm the messages as a होअक्स