Authorities are hailing a 22-year-old civilian as a hero after he killed a gunman. The good Samaritan, identified as Elisjsha Dicken, was legally carrying a handgun at an Indiana mall when a 20-year-old gunman entered the food court. Investigators say the gunman went to the restroom, stayed for an hour where he stashed his phone in the toilet, and then emerged with two semi-automatic rifles and a handgun. He started shooting, killing three people and injuring a 12-year-old girl, before he was killed.
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No, it's not rare for a private citizen to use their firearm to prevent a wide range of crimes including mass murders. One such research paper I read denoted over 2.5 million occurrences every year in the United states.
Almost without exception in all of these incidences you see that it took a good guy with a gun to stop a bad guy misusing a firearm, whether that be a law enforcement officer or a private citizen, it doesn't matter, they both help prevent countless more innocent people from dying by rightly using their firearms for good to stop evil.
He is a hero not only for killing that pig, but for killing all the woke narrative …
People still falling for these
40 yards is a distance that even police forces and military think before taking the shot…. Good job brother
Biden's America is amazing.
Guns stop other guns
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He had no tactical gear to protect himself,he didn't have 50+ other heavily armed,trained guys beside him to help.He simply did what needed to be done.
Thankfully he didn't wait for well over an hour to do something.
This young hero will probably receive the presidential medal of freedom. However it will take a minimum of two and a half years for it to happen
ummm! are we going to ignore the fact he left his job! and got evicted from his apartment 🙄 and the gun man was 20 years old and the hero was 22 years old. i swear i’ve seen this movie before 🧐 i bet money he was part of it. just saying 😬 have a lovely day y’all
Give that young man a job in law Enforcement!!! This is what young men need to aspire to.
Imagine that a hero with a gun , so guns are not bad it depends on the users intent. With no gun he would be a casualty, politics right?
This is a situation where concealed carry proved to be a blessing. The kid handled the situation well God bless him. He's a hero.👍👍👍
I appreciate this person from the bottom of my heart. It could have been my family he saved. Thank you ❤️👍
Give this man the golden key to the city , what a brave hero saving many lives while also giving the shooter what he deserved
This guy is a hero, but at the end of the day he ended a life, and that must weigh on him. May God give him peace in his heart.
Wishing that MAN prosperity and health 🙏🏻👁📿🧿
Doesn't play well in the communist gun control narrative
I wish someone like him were there to save people in Uvalde 😔
And here comes all the “Uvalde” comments
Hooray for the killer of the shooter. The 2nd Amendment forever.
What if he isn't allow to carry gun ? Think twice when you push for gun control again
Stop making it all about the guy who did what he had to do. You just had another masw shooting and people are dead.
Luckily police didn't mistake him for the shooter.
False flag thwarted.
Regulate semi-automatic guns. Why does a 20-year-old have access to that?…Weekly mass shootings are too common now
A rare twist that should not be as rare
9mm
10mm
45 acp
40s&w
22lr
All faster than a responding officers
When each second matters, police are minutes away. The country needs more sheepdogs.
The guy deserved a medal and a new car.
Yet again a Responsible Gun Owner stepped forward and did what was required to stop a Criminal.
Uvalde Texas should fire the police department and hire 22 year old good Samaritan Elijahsha Dickens as their new police chief
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Hey man nice shot
FINALLY, this is the SHOWDOWN between 2 LEGAL G UN OWNERS…
yeehaw, bang bang bang…
Wonder if liberals don't want him arrested for murder
Great job young man
Ya it’s a rare situation because of all the gun laws more good citizens like this and it would happen all the time
Thank God somebody had a gun and then they want to take them from us Jesus Christ.
And yet again, the mass shooter is some creepy incel.
Once again innocent people have lost their lives in another horrific American mass shooting, as they went about an afternoon at the mall… this is devastating!! We should harden soft targets to resist these terrorizers. Love it or hate it, the second amendment of the U.S. constitution (in the bill of rights) , isn't going anywhere. We the law abiding people have the right to be armed to defend ourselves and others should the unthinkable happen. You saved lives and are truly a hero Elisjsha!
It’s rare because these shooters like to choose gun free zones where no one will shoot back
and little children can’t defend themselves
@UvaldePD hire him
This is why everyone needs a CCP.
I want to see everybody open carry firearms EVERYWHERE. If something looks suspicious we can just open fire so bad guys can die right away. I want to see guns carried and displayed at school, work place, church, restaurants, casinos, outdoors. You name it, we bring it, and it aint no gonna be a free shooting range buffet.
The Good samaritan is wise not to speak to the state run media,,, after all democrats just put a bodega owner in rikers for defening himself just think of how democrats are trying to charge this man he had a weapon in a gun free zone!!!!!!!!!!! if democrats had their way we would all be just fish in a barrel,,,,, this man shows all funs are not the problem,, the problem is democrat policy is now so left leaning they support the cartels on our border, support the criminals through bail reform & way early to release! we have record crime with not a peep about why!!!!
This will never stop.
Shame on the Uvalde police, shame. This shows their blatant cowardice more than ever.
Imagine if guns were used to stop a homicide instead of being vilified. Just imagine.
That's right Elijah you did a real good job. God Bless You Young Man. You took the thug outta this 🌎 good riddance.