Posted on 07/24/2022 7:34:54 AM PDT by marktwain
Three victims and the murderer have been killed at the Greenwood Park Mall in Indiana at about 6 p.m., and two people were wounded.
The murderer was almost immediately shot and killed by an Armed Samaritan. The Armed Samaritan has been reported to be a 22-year-old man from Bartholomew County who has a valid permit to carry. He is believed to have been armed with a handgun. Greenwood Park Mall is on the South edge of the Indianapolis metropolitan area.
The make, model, and caliber(s) of the firearms involved have not been released at this time.
A spokesman for the Greenwood Police Department said the responding agencies got there very quickly. They had trained intensively for this scenario.
From the video of Greenwood Police Department spokesman:
“I am going to tell you the real hero of the day is the citizen that was lawfully carrying firearms in that food court and was able to stop this shooting almost as soon as it began.”
Details of the mass murder and the fast response by an Armed Samaritan are still emerging. From Fox59.com:
The Greenwood Police Department confirmed Sunday that a lone shooter, believed to be an adult male, entered the food court of the mall around 6 p.m. with a rifle and several magazines of ammo. The suspect then shot into the mall, killing three people and injuring two more.
GPD also confirmed Sunday that the shooter was shot and killed by a Good Samaritan who was armed with a handgun. The man who shot the suspect, identified as a 22-year-old from Bartholomew County, had a legal gun permit and is fully cooperating with police.
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Armed Good Samaritans are the best kind. They always save lives.
Yeah but, couldn’t he have just fired blanks? You know - just scare the bad guy into dropping his gun.
Is this the old story. Or a new one.
Blanks?? Your kidding, right? Scare a fully armed mass murderer who had already shot at 5 people, killing 3? He would have been the 6th.
Your not working on my computer buddy.
That’s too bad. I was looking forward to tuning it up for you.
There’s a meme going around with a distraught FBI agent, having spent 3 years grooming the kid to be a mass murderer, but only getting 3 kills in before being taken down by an armed civilian.
3 years of work on the part of this kid’s handler, virtually for nothing at all.
He WAS kidding. It’s called sarcasm. Ever heard of it?
You’re not one of those people who needs a laugh track in order to know when you are supposed to laugh, are you?
You’re x2
What if the Samaratin had not had a valid permit to carry?
I’m pretty literal and I understood the sarcasm in his note....
Would not matter. Everyone has the right to lethal self-defense if need be. Laws prohibiting exercise of such natural rights are impotent. Courts often see it this way too. At least in rational multi-verse.
And, Indiana had recently gone “constitutional carry” so its moot. And yes, the premises is a “GFZ”, for what those matters. Indiana law does not recognize such prohibitions unless the person is alerted and told otherwise, signage on an obscure wall is not adequate.
MO is similar- GFZ has to have certain wording posted in certain places at every entrance IOT be effective notice. And then, one has to be found carrying, that’s why concealed is concealed. There are nuances for those w/o CCW License compared to those with (in MO).
Leftist democrats (but I repeat myself) are the enemy. All of them should be considered armed and dangerous.
why did the kid work so hard to destroy his laptop and cell phone? He was communicating with someone and he wanted to destroy all traces. And we will never hear anything about it again.
Why would he bother if the powers that be are all in on it?
It would be Hunter's laptop all over.
People with severe mental problems do things the rest of us will never understand.
why would you assume he knew that? Why would you assume he suffers from “extreme mental illness”? This sht is being orchestrated.
I agree, it shouldn’t matter but I think the news media wouldn’t know what to do with it.
What if the Samaratin had not had a valid permit to carry?
Fight Me.
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