From today's WSJ.
So the moral of today's story is good guy with gun stops bad guy with gun. Who knew?
"The man
accused of opening fire in a food court at an Indiana mall likely smuggled weapons in a backpack and reassembled them in a bathroom before the attack, police said.
Police identified the shooter on Monday as Jonathan Sapirman, a 20-year-old former warehouse worker with a former juvenile record. Mr. Sapirman is accused of killing three people and injuring two others Sunday at the Greenwood Park Mall just south of Indianapolis.
He brought with him to the mall two rifles and a pistol, opening fire with one of the rifles on a man outside of a restroom and on the mall’s food court, said Greenwood Police Chief Jim Ison. He was then shot dead by an armed shopper, police said.
The shooter had a juvenile record including fighting at school and as a runaway, police said. He recently resigned as a warehouse employee. Federal authorities are investigating the purchase of the weapons, Chief Ison said. Records from a local firing range show the shooter had been going there regularly for two years, police said.
The shooter left one rifle in the restroom, emerged with a SIG Sauer assault-style rifle and fired 24 rounds at a man outside the restroom and then into the food court before Elisjsha Dicken, who had been shopping at the mall in shorts and a T-shirt, engaged the shooter with a 9mm pistol he was carrying, Chief Ison said. The shooter tried to retreat into the restroom but slumped to the ground, mortally wounded. Mr. Sapirman had multiple magazines and over 100 rounds of ammunition on his person and in his possession.
Mr. Dicken was lawfully carrying a gun, Chief Ison said. Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb loosened the state’s gun laws in March when he signed a permitless carry bill into law. The Indiana State Police and some local law-enforcement agencies opposed the move, saying it would make it harder for them to catch people who shouldn’t be carrying guns. The law, which took effect this month,
allows most adults without a criminal record to carry a handgun without a permit.
Simon Property Group, which operates the mall, said weapons weren’t allowed at its shopping centers. “We are grateful for the strong response of the first responders, including the heroic actions of the Good Samaritan who stopped the suspect,” Greenwood Park Mall said on its website.
Police found the shooter’s mobile phone in a toilet in the mall restroom. It suffered water damage. Law enforcement officers found a laptop at his home that was in an oven that had a can of butane in it. The laptop suffered heat damage."