WILMINGTON, N.C.?Wal-Mart has agreed to pay $130,000 to the estate of a man who shot and killed himself after buying ammunition at the store.

A lawsuit filed in a district court earlier this year accused the Ark.-based chain of negligence for selling bullets to Matthew John VanGraafeiland and for failing to supervise its employees.

On July 31, after an apparent argument with his estranged wife, VanGraafeiland threatened to go to Wal-Mart to buy ammunition to commit suicide.

Told of the threat, police warned two Wal-Marts to be on the lookout, but the message did not get to the employee who sold VanGraafeiland the ammunition, said attorney David Collins.

VanGraafeiland left the store and barricaded himself in a car, where he shot and killed himself.

Wal-Mart, which denied it was responsible, settled out of court.

Most of the $130,000 settlement will ultimately go to VanGraafeiland’s 3-year-old son.