Posted on 04/26/2013 6:49:54 AM PDT by LibWhacker
SALT LAKE CITY (ABC 4 News) - A citizen with a gun stopped a knife wielding man as he began stabbing people Thursday evening at the downtown Salt Lake City Smith's store.
Police say the suspect purchased a knife inside the store and then turned it into a weapon. Smith's employee Dorothy Espinoza says, "He pulled it out and stood outside the Smiths in the foyer. And just started stabbing people and yelling you killed my people. You killed my people."
Espinoza says, the knife wielding man seriously injured two people. "There is blood all over. One got stabbed in the stomach and got stabbed in the head and held his hands and got stabbed all over the arms."
Then, before the suspect could find another victim - a citizen with a gun stopped the madness. "A guy pulled gun on him and told him to drop his weapon or he would shoot him. So, he dropped his weapon and the people from Smith's grabbed him."
By the time officers arrived the suspect had been subdued by employees and shoppers. Police had high praise for gun carrying man who ended the hysteria. Lt. Brian Purvis said, "This was a volatile situation that could have gotten worse. We can only assume from what we saw it could have gotten worse. He was definitely in the right place at the right time."
Dozens of other shoppers, who too could have become victims, are also thankful for the gun carrying man. And many, like Danylle Julian, are still in shock from the experience. "Scary actually. Really scary. Five minutes before I walk out to my car. It could have been me."
Police say right now they have no idea what caused the suspect to go on the dangerous rampage. (We will update as soon as we learn new information.)
So far, police have not released the names of the suspect, the victims or the man who pulled the gun.
...slinks away...
Proof that people don't carry guns . . . guns carry people
It is a good story. I have no problem with it being posted. Easy to get the date wrong because it was only off by one digit.
Thanks for posting! I appreciate your contribution to the new media.
Ok, I did laugh though, he actually bought the knife first.
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Well, you know - he didn’t want to be charged with theft...
HAHAHA!...I too am a stickler.
FMCDH(BITS)
Why would they not mention his name nor explain the “my people” comment? Was he Amish?
In the News/Activism forum, on a thread titled Gun carrying man ends stabbing spree at Salt Lake grocery store, marktwain wrote:
This story is a year old. Thnks MT
I spoted your comment after I posted and got your link
I won’t do story links particularly from mediums of record like the NYT or WAPO and the networks. But I hate getting making the error of commenting on a sucker post which is what this is.
I see something coming that's going to be very bad. The government is buying military weapons, vehicles, and billions of rounds of ammo for no apparent reason.
Our butch white-hair stained Homeland Security beast is refusing to answer questions about why all that stuff was purchased . . . running our local stores out of ammo and guns deliberately . . . I smell a stinking rat . . .
Our sock-puppet's handlers, I feel, have no intentions of leaving our White House in 2016 . . . I smell a rat. Obozo might be too stupid to do anything, but his handlers, who've never been appointed nor approved by congress, are up to something very nasty to our law abiding citizens.
Police say the suspect purchased a knife inside the store and then turned it into a weapon. Smith's employee Dorothy Espinoza says, "He pulled it out and stood outside the Smiths in the foyer. And just started stabbing people and yelling you killed my people. You killed my people."
Espinoza says, the knife wielding man seriously injured two people. "There is blood all over. One got stabbed in the stomach and got stabbed in the head and held his hands and got stabbed all over the arms."
Then, before the suspect could find another victim - a citizen with a gun stopped the madness. "A guy pulled gun on him and told him to drop his weapon or he would shoot him. So, he dropped his weapon and the people from Smith's grabbed him."
Guns doesn't KILL people, they save people from people like this NUT JOB!!
My people?? Who do we kill, TERRORISTS? (And you are a TERRORIST!!)
By the time officers arrived the suspect had been subdued by employees and shoppers. Police had high praise for gun carrying man who ended the hysteria. Lt. Brian Purvis said, "This was a volatile situation that could have gotten worse. We can only assume from what we saw it could have gotten worse. He was definitely in the right place at the right time."
But some people (Chuckie and McRino) don't want people to carry guns on them!!
My inside sources tell me it’s certain that the perp’s name is not: Amos Schwartz.
More information on civilians stopping mass murders for the obese, low information, low intellect, pumpkin headed ed schultz.
Jaamecculah Washington, maybe?
bkmk
Was he shouting Allahu akbar? Itbakh al kuffir(kill the infidels)?
Gun carrying man confronts knife wielding man.
Didn’t Eric Holder use rgat expression?
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