A viral Facebook message regarding reports of shootings at Walmart stores is a hoax.

SLED Intelligence has been consulted and the post is one that has been traced back to Texas and was determined to be of no substance. The message was cut, pasted, and shared across the country.

This is a copy of the post:
I just received this text
Whatever you do this weekend do not go to Wal-Mart for nothing at all pass this on to family and friends. Got this info from a police officer that is a family member they arrested a man for gun threats and he told them that he was not the only one and that his accomplices will be going to different Wal-Mart stores and shooting. Not a game this is real!!!!

THIS IS A HOAX!

With the state of current events, the public is on edge and subject to panic. Posts like this should not be shared unless absolutely verified.