The man accused of threatening to crash a plane into a Tupelo Walmart has died in federal custody, according to a news report on WTVA.
According to the Federal Bureau of Prisons, Cory Patterson died on Monday, Nov. 14.
Tupelo Police said Patterson stole a small plane from the Tupelo Regional Airport on Sept. 3 and threatened to crash it into the Walmart store on West Main Street.
He eventually landed the plane in a field in Tippah County where he was arrested.
The Federal Bureau of Prisons issued a statement that Patterson died in a Miami detention center.
Read the full story on WTVA.
