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Gun carrying man ends stabbing spree at Salt Lake grocery store
abc4.com ^ | Updated: 4/26 10:25 pm | Published: 4/26 8:20 pm | Reported by: Don Hudson

Posted on 04/27/2012 12:50:10 AM PDT by Paleo Conservative

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.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: Utah
KEYWORDS: amish; bang; banglist; knife; notamish; saltlakecity; stabbing; vietnamese
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To: cb

You can use deadly force to stop a violent felony. Strapping random people in your presence is a violent felony. A man in close proximity with a knife is just as deadly as a man with a gun.

For the record, I would also have ordered him to put down the weapon and held him for the police. IF I could do so with out putting myself or others in jeopardy. Other wise I would have shot on the spot.


41 posted on 04/27/2012 5:05:14 AM PDT by BigCinBigD
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To: BigCinBigD

Strapping = Stabbing.


42 posted on 04/27/2012 5:07:53 AM PDT by BigCinBigD
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To: BigCinBigD

all true. but as Zimmerman knows, You might have to go to jail.


43 posted on 04/27/2012 5:13:12 AM PDT by cb
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To: marktwain; DaveLoneRanger

Your kind of story.


44 posted on 04/27/2012 5:25:18 AM PDT by Joe Brower (Sheep have three speeds: "graze", "stampede" and "cower".)
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To: Paleo Conservative

the suspect purchased a knife inside the store and then turned it into a weapon.

A knife is already a weapon. This statement is stupid.


45 posted on 04/27/2012 5:26:07 AM PDT by rfreedom4u (Just because someone thinks it's a good idea doesn't make it legal.)
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To: rfreedom4u

Video doesn’t show a lot of Holder’s people in the area during interviews but then again they seem to only come out when its dark......


46 posted on 04/27/2012 6:04:13 AM PDT by DaveA37
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To: rfreedom4u

A knife is a tool. Human intent for its use is what turns it into a weapon.


47 posted on 04/27/2012 6:08:05 AM PDT by Goldsborough
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To: Paleo Conservative
"...And just started stabbing people and yelling you killed my people. You killed my people."

Hmmm....I wonder...would that be Holder's People? The article is incomplete in that area.

48 posted on 04/27/2012 6:13:06 AM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (I will not comply. I will NEVER submit.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

+2...one for first laugh of the day and bonus point for utilizing dark humor...LOL!

I guess there’s a new FR acronym now... SOBO ...Son Of Barack Obama ;^)


49 posted on 04/27/2012 6:20:37 AM PDT by AnTiw1
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To: Paleo Conservative

It would seem to me that there were enough grounds for a double tap eventhough the perp wanted to yell Allah Ahkbar.


50 posted on 04/27/2012 6:22:00 AM PDT by Rappini (Pro Deo et Patria)
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To: Paleo Conservative
I would give him one second to do me the favor of not having to kill someone.
As long as he wasn't close enough to stab someone else during that second.
51 posted on 04/27/2012 7:06:14 AM PDT by TigersEye (Life is about choices. Your choices. Make good ones.)
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To: Paleo Conservative
"A guy pulled gun on him and told him to drop his weapon or he would shoot him

MSM spin on the story: "The guy with the guy obviously profiled the guy with the knife before drawing his gun. This is clearly an illegal profiling issue by a trigger happy gun nut."

52 posted on 04/27/2012 7:31:41 AM PDT by Perseverando (Keywords are our friends ! Let's use them.)
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To: Paleo Conservative

Maybe he didn’t have a clear shot.

But I would have liked to had the guy put down on the spot.


53 posted on 04/27/2012 7:37:47 AM PDT by School of Rational Thought (Fun for women ages 21 through 35)
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To: trebb; BigCinBigD

Perfect take on CC practice. Thanks. ;-)


54 posted on 04/27/2012 7:57:55 AM PDT by Tunehead54 (Nothing funny here ;-)
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To: Paleo Conservative
"Gun carrying man ends stabbing spree at Salt Lake grocery store"

WTH? Why would a gun carrying man stab people? This was my first thought.


55 posted on 04/27/2012 8:21:57 AM PDT by Jabba the Nutt (.Are they stupid, malicious or evil?)
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To: blueplum

The armed citizen should have double tapped the psycho in the head thus preventing this putrid bag of goat snot from costing society another penny in money and or thought.


56 posted on 04/27/2012 12:27:17 PM PDT by sarge83
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To: blueplum

The armed citizen should have double tapped the psycho in the head thus preventing this putrid bag of goat snot from costing society another penny in money and or thought.


57 posted on 04/27/2012 12:27:53 PM PDT by sarge83
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To: Uncle Lonny
His name doesn't sound Amish
. He is Kiet Thanh Ly. http://www.abc4.com/mostpopular/story/Man-uses-concealed-weapon-to-stop-stabbing-spree/zdZzsT6hNk2Q9tJtkKq3VA.cspx

He does have an extensive record.

58 posted on 04/27/2012 8:59:59 PM PDT by Polynikes (Hakkaa Palle)
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To: LibertyRocks

Asian, but I don’t know which country. He had a long record.


59 posted on 04/27/2012 9:03:54 PM PDT by SaraJohnson
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To: Right Wing Assault

Nope. An Asian man who was likely answering the call of the hate whitey Klan.

A white guy walks up to him and says “Drop the weapon or I will shoot you.” Those whiteys.


60 posted on 04/27/2012 9:07:31 PM PDT by SaraJohnson
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