Posted on 08/24/2018 4:55:19 AM PDT by marktwain
A male attacker with a gun opened fire at a back to school event in Titusville, Florida on Saturday, August 4th, 2018, at about 5:20 p.m. About a dozen shots were fired.
An armed citizen drew his own handgun and returned fire. The attacker was severely wounded with a head shot. No one else was injured. 150 people were attending the event, including over 100 children. Video was captured at the event, showing people fleeing the attacker. Shots can be heard on the audio of the video. From titusville.com:
Reports of the shooting started coming in at 5:20 PM on Saturday, August 4th 2018, at Isaac Campbell Park, located at 701 South Street.
The initial shooter was airlifted to a local hospital with life threatening injuries. His gun was recovered from the scene.
“It was kids in the path of those bullets, said Dwight Harvey, who was at the event. “But thank God none of the kids got hurt. To have this happen at an event for the kids and peace in the city it's just crazy to me; it's just unbelievable.”
Police, who are investigating the event, reports the armed defender was legally carrying his firearm. From wftv.com:
A bystander licensed to a carry a firearm then shot the shooter, who was flown to a nearby hospital with life-threatening injuries, police said.
(Excerpt) Read more at ammoland.com ...
Excellent marksmanship on the part of the Citizen.
This hero will be totally ignored by the corrupt media.
Yeah, this will lead all the morning TV news shows.
Bttt... want to see if any “news” actually report this.
Races man..... what were the races?
Was the hero shooter black?
Good shootin’, pilgrim.
Orlando Sentinel: Armed bystander stops gunman at crowded Titusville park, police sayNews Channel 13: Man opens fire at Titusville back-to-school event
"A bystander, who was armed with a gun, shot the gunman, injuring him. The bystander was licensed to carry a firearm, police said."
“the safari vacation was expensive. Her vest alone cost over $1,600”
Good someone took the shooter out, but WTF is it with these shootings at “Back to School” events. This is the 2nd or 3rd I’ve heard about this year,
I guess it’s back to the school of hard knocks.
Doubt it. They didn't 3 weeks ago.
Of course, it’s already happened
Just look at the source if this story
“head shot.”
That’s good shootin’ Tex!
Real gun control...
Yep, nice shootin’ Tex! A pretty difficult feat, especially under duress.
I love a Happy Ending! God Bless a Good Guy with a gun! :)
Agreed. Wonder the same thing myself. It’s like the thugs want to disrupt these events because they don’t want the kids to better themselves.....Just my guess.
“This hero will be totally ignored by the corrupt media.”
He will be lucky if he’s just ignored, my guess is he will actually be vilified.
Didn’t we recently hear about someone training kids to do this?
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