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Gun guy with a gun stops murderer.

DEADLY SHOOTING
Greenwood, Indiana mall shooting leaves 3 dead; witness kills gunman,
police say
Monday, July 18, 2022 9:19AM

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A bystander, legally carrying a gun, ended a shooting at an Indiana
mall, but not before three innocent people were killed.

GREENWOOD, Ind. -- Three people were fatally shot and two were injured,
including a 12-year-old girl, at an Indiana mall after a man with a
rifle opened fire in a food court and an armed civilian shot and killed
him, police said.

The man entered the Greenwood Park Mall on Sunday evening with a rifle
and several magazines of ammunition and began firing in the food court,
Greenwood Police Department Chief Jim Ison said.

The three people who died were in addition to the man with the rifle.
The identity of the gunman and a possible motive weren't immediately known.

A 22-year-old from nearby Bartholomew County who was legally carrying a
firearm at the mall shot and killed the gunman, Ison said at a news
conference.

"The real hero of the day is the citizen that was lawfully carrying a
firearm in that food court and was able to stop the shooter almost as
soon as he began," Ison said.

The mass shooting was just the latest to unnerve Americans in 2022.
Schools, churches, grocery stores and a July Fourth parade in Highland
Park, Illinois, have all become killing grounds in recent months. Still,
the reality of America's staggering murder rate can often be seen more
clearly in individual deaths that rarely make the news.

Officers went to the mall at about 6 p.m. for reports of the shooting.
Four of those hit by gunfire were females and one was a male, Ison said.
He didn't immediately know the gender or ages of those who were killed.
The 12-year-old girl and the other injured person were in stable
condition, he said.

Police confiscated a suspicious backpack that was in a bathroom near the
food court, Ison said.

A news conference with authorities was scheduled for Monday afternoon to
provide updates.

Indianapolis Metropolitan Police and multiple other agencies were
assisting in the investigation.

"We are sickened by yet another type of incident like this in our
country," Indianapolis Assistant Chief of Police Chris Bailey said.

There was no threat to the area Sunday night, authorities said.

Greenwood is a south suburb of Indianapolis with a population of about
60,000. Mayor Mark Myers asked for "prayers to the victims and our first
responders."

"This tragedy hits at the core of our community," Myers said in a statement.

Greenwood Park Mall said in a statement that it grieves for the victims
and praised first responders as well as the "heroic actions" of the
22-year-old who police said fatally shot the gunman. The mall was closed
Monday.

"Violence has no place in this or any other community," the mall said.
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