Posted on 11/03/2017 11:02:52 AM PDT by RightGeek
Full title: So many Walmart shoppers drew their own handguns during Colorado Walmart attack that police were unable to quickly identify the suspect CCTV
Police say startled shoppers at the Colorado Walmart where a shooter opened fire and killed three stalled the search process after they drew their own handguns in defense.
The shoppers' immediate response to the violent event 'absolutely slowed' investigation as it left authorities scanning through surveillance tapes in pursuit of the single armed attacker.
The few innocent yet armed individuals were eventually weeded out as suspects, amid the several hour-long investigation which began Wednesday night and into Thursday morning.
A police spokesperson confirmed after the building had been deemed 'safe enough' to enter, officials quickly began examining footage from inside the supermarket, according to The Denver Post.
'That's when we started noticing that a number of individuals had pulled weapons,' said Victor Avila, who works in part for the Thornton Police Department.
'At that point, as soon as you see that, that's the one you try to trace through the store, only to maybe find out that's not him, and we're back to ground zero again, starting to look again. That's what led to the extended time.'
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They also probably stopped the shooter’s rampage. They should get some credit for that.
And all of those folks WERE First Responders - and probably saved a few dozen lives in addition to their own.
Yep, Statist police complaining about armed citizens protecting themselves in a deadly situation — cry me a river that your job is more lengthy.
100% Horses***.
Fake news.
Start with the video of the shootings and work your way back.
I wonder how many would have been killed had the gunman not seen a whole bunch of others with guns.
Well if you guys stopped going to the donut shop, you wont be bitching about work you are supposed to do.
That make it sound like that’s a bad thing.
Exactly. Making excuses when those gun owners I can confidently say. stopped the attacker from making it a full-blown massacre. I am even surprised this is COLORADO, and Not Texas or some red state.
Right? Sad your investigation was slowed — boo freakin’ hoo. My family and others will likely be alive and safe because of being able to defend ourselves, but yeah, your investigation might get slowed. Sheesh.
We take carry here seriously and anti-gun Democrats lost seats in special elections.
We have a vibrant Second Amendment culture in this state.
Much rather wait for police to look at video tape than be carried away in an ambulance or hearse.
Great to see responsible citizens protecting themselves and being ready to stop a crime.
I notice they waited until the building was “safe enough to enter”. In other words, they would have waited safely outside until the shooter ran out if ammo. The armed citizens inside were the ONLY first responders worth a damn.
I’m absolutely smelling a big bottle of bee ess here
Color me skeptical. If you have a surveillance video of a shooting, it’s pretty obvious who’s doing it. I do note that nobody who drew a firearm in self defense appears to have started shooting up the place, which is a recurrent myth about guns from people who don’t like them.
I wonder how many drew their guns before assessing the situation. One of the things emphasized in my target id class last months is not automatically drawing when you hear a gun shot. you can clear your garment and have your hand ready to draw but that may not be the best solution. Remember the guy in Nevada who engaged the one criminal before assessing the situation and the criminal’s backup killed him. All that being said ccw folks will be first responders either engaging the active killer or providing trauma first aid before EMTs are allowed on scene.
Brittie wimp news making fun of decent Americans.
“Ooh, look! It’s ‘e wild west! Don’t see ‘at at ‘ome.”
Full title. Really? So all the shoppers who drew their own guns were shooting at people also? Oh, they weren't, but they still couldn't tell them apart? What BS!
It is the Daily, so the mention of handguns probably caused the author to wet himself.
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