[randita]

Pictures of guard who killed Murray - she had a license to carry:

[rabidralph]

The common sense of concealed carry just screams from this story. God bless Miss Assam and all the others who were attacked.

[fiftymegaton]

Give that chick a medal.

[Defiant]

Assam has a background in law enforcement but is not currently a law enforcement officer. Assam said her Christian faith gave her the willpower to face down the heavily-armed Murray

Interesting. Assam is an Arab name; maybe Lebanese?

[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

Good shoot of a rabid animal!

[michigander]

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[mad puppy]

“I took cover and I waited for him to get closer,” Assam said today. “I identified myself and I engaged him and took him down.”

Scratch one bad guy.....

And Ms. Assam will now be referred to as ‘hero’. I hope that every time she ponders that dumb ba$tard she sent to hell, so is comforted by those still walking today only because she did the right thing.

[tgslTakoma]

Assam, a volunteer security guard with police training, said she heard the shooting and encountered Murray in the foyer of New Life’s worship center and fired several pistol shots, killing him.

“I took cover and I waited for him to get closer,” Assam said today. “I identified myself and I engaged him and took him down.”

“It seemed like it was me, the gunman and God,” she said.

Good girl!

[CGASMIA68]

She did her job well and was obviously prepared for anything...Lets not go over the top on this,although Mall operators may be able to learn much....

[Squidpup]

Thanks for posting - finally a story with some information in it. Figured she had some training - run to the guns!

[BluH2o]

Last Friday ABC Evening News with Charlie Gibson highlighted a female that was a victim (not hurt) in the Omaha shopping center shooting. She basically hid in a stockroom during the shooting and called 911. She was anointed ABC's "Person of the week."
This female who took down the shooter in Colorado Springs is a real hero ... she no doubt saved many lives ... and my bet is she won't get zip in the way of acknowledgment ... certainly not from ABC Evening News.

[Enchante]

"spent as many as five hours a day at the keyboard for the past two years"

How much would anyone like to bet that DU and DailyKosFreaks site administrators are desperately scanning and searching all their posts, diaries and posters, and email contacts for ths guy..... wonder what his DU or DailyKos screen name is/was?

[fso301]

dead are 18-year-old Stephanie Works and her sister, 16-year-old Rachael Works

I bet that's a clue right there as to why he was kicked out.

[Cicero]

St. Thomas Aquinas says that it is an act of Christian charity, or love, to protect your neighbor if he is threatened by violence.

What he said is usually applied to theories of just warfare, but I believe it applies here, too. If you see someone about to kill an innocent person, it is an act of CHARITY to intervene if you can.

[dennisw]

This gal definitely has got what it takes. If she is not currently married she will be inundated with proposals and suitors

Another huge plus is the gunman is dead. The scales of justice are now somewhat balanced for his victims. No families will have to trudge to court to some mockery of a trial for this gunman. Where nit wit liberals ooh and ah about how he should not get the death penalty because he is crazy