Good guy with gun stops shooting at mall in Greenwood, Indiana.

[gll]

The Greenwood Chief claimed, that he believed Eli connected on the first shot.

It’s damn impressive anyway you look at it.

Well, it couldn't possibly have been later than the 3rd...

Supposition I saw suggested that the first shot hit him in the neck and that kept him standing for the rest.

Image of him dead doesn't look like he was hit once he was down. Not much blood, so his heart didn't beat for long.

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[Vaquero]

If God be with us, who can stand against us?

 

[popper]

IIRC. 7 of 10 hits.

 

[Aus_Schwaben]

Just a theory, and might be worthless.

I’m thinking that the 40 or so yards separating Eli from the dirtbag is what allowed him the opportunity to take a steady aim.

Dirtbag has tunnel vision, and only sees the closest targets. He shot the first guy in the bathroom hallway, which alerted Eli. Dirt bag is now deaf, and hyper focused on the closest people to him.
I’m guessing he never heard Eli engaging him, because of the distance.

Just a thought, and I’ll be curious to find out if dead dirtbag ever attempted to engage Eli.

Time might tell….

Reminds of the rule regarding gun play by one of the great philosophers of the early 20th century, William Claude Dukenfield: Never give a sucker an even break!

 

[majormadmax]

 

[majormadmax]

Kinda reminds me of the Fairchild AFB incident in 1994...

On 20 June 1994, Dean Mellberg, an ex-Air Force member, entered the base hospital and shot and killed four people and wounded 22 others.

Previously, psychologists Major Thomas Brigham and Captain Alan London at Fairchild AFB had found him unfit for duty, which resulted in a transfer to the Wilford Hall Medical Center at Lackland AFB for further psychological examination. With Congressional pressure brought by Mellberg's mother, Airman Mellberg was found to be fit for military service. Airman Mellberg then was reassigned to Cannon Air Force Base where similar events led to him being returned to psychologists for evaluation. After this evaluation, he was discharged from Cannon AFB as being unfit for military service; he had been diagnosed with mild autism, generalized anxiety disorder and paranoid personality disorder. He traveled to Spokane, Washington, near Fairchild AFB, where he purchased a rifle and planned his attack on the base.

At the time of the shooting, Fairchild's hospital was an ungated facility. The gunman, armed with a Chinese-made MAK-90, an AK-47 clone, entered the office of Brigham and London and killed both men. Mellberg continued to move through the hospital, injuring several people, and killing eight-year-old Christin McCarron. The gunman then walked out of the building into the parking lot and killed Anita Lindner. He then was confronted by a security policeman, Senior Airman Andy Brown. From approximately 70 yards away, Brown ordered Mellberg to drop his weapon. After Mellberg refused, Brown fired four shots from his 9mm pistol, with two rounds hitting the perpetrator in the head and shoulder, killing him. A pregnant woman shot in the stomach also subsequently lost her five month old fetus. After an investigation it was concluded that Airman Brown was justified in his actions, probably having saved lives, and he was awarded the Airman's Medal by President Bill Clinton.

In 2016, Brown published Warnings Unheeded: Twin Tragedies at Fairchild Air Force Base. The book reveals the pre-incident indicators of the shooting and the fatal crash of a B-52 bomber that occurred four days afterward.

What Wikipedia failed to include is that SrA Brown was talking with a friend at a security gate when they heard a radio call about shooting at the hospital nearby. He got on his bike and pedaled hard toward the medical complex; as he approached people and cars were streaming the other way. While less than half a mile away, his heart rate had to be screaming when he got to the scene, yet he was still able to accurately hit a moving target 70 yards away with a M9 (not the best pistol for such a long shot in my book!)

 

[Alpha.Geek]

OMFG: A good guy with a gun saved probably at least 2-SCORE lives,
if not more, and the left is trying to demonize him?!

They are out of their flippin' agenda-ridden minds!

 

[gll]

Family of Greenwood Park Mall shooter releases statement

Family of Greenwood Park Mall shooter releases statement

The family of the man accused of shooting and killing three people at the Greenwood Park Mall released a statement.

www.wthr.com

View from Blondie's Cookies approximately where Eli Dickens stood when the shooting began. That distance is about 40 yds to the restroom. If he really used a pillar for cover and rest, then the distance he finished shooting from would have been much less, based on the pillars available.

 

[General Zod]

OMFG: A good guy with a gun saved probably at least 2-SCORE lives,
if not more, and the left is trying to demonize him?!

They are out of their flippin' agenda-ridden minds!

They've lost track of how actual people think. The only ones who have a problem with this young man ignoring "no firearms" signs that carry no weight of law and putting that animal down before he could kill a fourth innocent...are either Dem politicians or members of the astroturf anti-gun groups that suckle them.

 

[billtool]

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Family of Greenwood Park Mall shooter releases statement

Family of Greenwood Park Mall shooter releases statement

The family of the man accused of shooting and killing three people at the Greenwood Park Mall released a statement.

www.wthr.com

View from Blondie's Cookies approximately where Eli Dickens stood when the shooting began. That distance is about 40 yds to the restroom. If he really used a pillar for cover and rest, then the distance he finished shooting from would have been much less, based on the pillars available.

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Yes. Not taking anything away from the defender. Likely 40 ft vs 40 yards

 

[glenbo]

Being realistic, I don't care how far away he was. The scumbag is dead, and that is what matters.

 

[billtool]

I hope I’d have the steady hand to stop to that POS’s clock.

 

[studenygreg]

I wonder what lube he was using.

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[msharley]

I wonder what lube he was using.

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Cascade?

 

[mongoose]

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Yes. Not taking anything away from the defender. Likely 40 ft vs 40 yards

Latest report I read today said 30 yards. Good shooting.

 

[Mills]

 

[General Zod]

I don't care if it was 40 inches, the kid did good.

 

[jrbfishn]

Regardless of the distance, to face a rifle with a handgun and put 8 out of 10 rounds on target, takes BALLS. Obviously, bigger ones than most cops these days. He saved lives that day without a doubt. The young man did good. Period.

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[KJQ6945]

Hey I’m just impressed the story got out there at all. It’s pretty much over at this point, I’m just glad we got to discuss it for almost a week.

The good stories must be suppressed to keep the agenda moving.