Tuesday, July 19, 2022

Good Guy

 A young man who was carrying a firearm stopped what could have been a mass shooting incident in Greenwood, IN.  He is being hailed as a hero by police.

Evidently, he did a pretty good job of ending the threat.

In a news conference on July 18, Greenwood police Chief James Ison described the dramatic confrontation between Dicken and the shooter, who had opened fire on people sitting in the food court. Ison said he believed Dicken saved many lives. “[Dicken’s] actions were nothing short of heroic. He engaged the gunman from quite a distance with a handgun. Was very proficient in that, very tactically sound,” said Ison, who revealed that the shooting was captured on surveillance video. “And, as he moved to close in on the suspect, he was also motioning for people to exit behind him.”

Kudos to him for being willing to step up. 

I heard rumblings about this story on Monday but was unable to follow up on it.  Thanks to Termite for supplying a link.

3 comments:

Old NFO said...

Yep, definitely kudos to him!

Termite said...

The young man fired 10 shots, apparently. He was at the Mall shopping with his girlfriend, wearing shorts and a T-shirt.
I'm trying to figure out what CCW piece holds 10 rds, and is small enough to hide in T-shirt and shorts. Only thing I can come up with is a Ruger LCP Max.

T said...

UPDATE.
Apparently he was carrying a compact Glock, distance to the mass shooter was about 40 yds, and he made several hits.

Oh, Elijah's girlfriend is a nursing student, and when the shooting stopped, she rendered first aid to the injured victims until the paramedics arrived. She's a keeper! 😊

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQXOHsHkJV4