Armed man who filmed himself at Springfield Walmart has history of 'prank' videos

A man who police say filmed himself walking into a Springfield Walmart store last week donning a rifle and body armor has a history of making disruptive videos which he referred to as pranks.

Dmitriy Andreychenko, 20, is facing a felony charge of making a terrorist threat in connection with the gun incident Aug. 8 at the Walmart Neighborhood Market on West Republic Road.

Andreychenko allegedly told police he was testing whether Walmart "honored the Second Amendment" and he was filming himself in case anyone told him to leave the store.

The timing of the alleged "social experiment" was questionable, as five days earlier a gunman had opened fire at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas, killing 22 people.

While Andreychenko said he never intended to hurt anyone at the Springfield Walmart, police say he caused mass panic, and prosecutors likened his actions to yelling "fire" in a crowded theater.

A search of Andreychenko's YouTube channel shows he has a history of trying to get a rise out of people on video, though there is nothing on the same scale as the Walmart incident.

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One video, which was uploaded 11 months ago, showed Andreychenko pull up to a McDonald's drive-thru and use what he purports to be a Chinese accent to repeatedly demand fresh french fries. During the video, Andreychenko played on racial stereotypes.

In another video, Andreychenko used the same accent as he apparently tried to negotiate a deal with a freight broker. That video had been viewed more than 17,000 times as of Friday afternoon.

Andreychenko's YouTube page referred to both videos as pranks.

Some other videos involving Andreychenko have also caught the attention of Springfield police.

According to a search warrant in the case, detectives looked through Andreychenko's Instagram accounts and found videos from earlier this year which they say showed him shooting a rifle and a pistol "capable of firing more than one shot automatically, without manual reloading, by a single function of the trigger."

It is a felony under Missouri law to possess a machine gun.

The search warrant return says police seized two AM-15 rifles and a .22-caliber rifle from Andreychenko's home after the Walmart incident. He has not been charged with any crime other than making a terrorist threat in the second degree.

Police also seized Andreychenko's phone as part of their investigation, according to court documents.

Andreychenko has been released from jail on bond in this case. His next hearing is scheduled for Sept. 16.

A phone call to Andreychenko's wife on Friday was not answered and there was no option to leave a voicemail. His attorney Dee Wampler declined to comment on Andreychenko's past videos or whether Andreychenko had intended his Aug. 8 actions to someday end up on his YouTube channel.

Wampler also declined to comment on the videos involving possible machine guns mentioned in the search warrant.

Wampler said Andreychenko has started doing community service, is submitting to urine analysis tests and has returned to work.

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