Hero armed citizen landed 8 of 10 shots at 40 yards to stop mass shooting in 15 seconds

Eli Dicken, the armed citizen who stopped a mass shooter in an Indiana mall on Sunday, was carrying a pistol under the state’s recently enacted constitutional carry law, which went into effect on July 1. Just 15 seconds after the mass shooter opened fire, Dicken steadied himself on a pole and fired eight to 10 shots, striking the gunman from 40 yards away, police said.

“His actions were nothing short of heroic. He engaged the gunman from quite a distance with a handgun. Was very proficient in that, was tactically sound and as he moved to close in on the suspect, he was also motioning for people to exit behind him,” said Greenwood Police Chief Jim Ison, according to WTHR. “Many people would have died last night if not for a responsible, armed citizen that took action very quickly within the first two minutes of this shooting.”

As police evacuated the mall, Dicken’s girlfriend Shay Goldman contacted her grandmother and told her that Dicken protected her from the mass shooter .....

more here:

https://americanmilitarynews.com/20...rds-to-stop-mass-shooting-in-15-seconds/

Jimmy Olson for sure.

She better marry that guy…

Police Identify Indiana Mall Shooting Victims, the Suspect, and the ‘Good Samaritan’ Who Stopped Him

Officers said in a press conference Monday night that Jonathan Douglas Sapirman, 20, stepped out of a restroom at the food court .....

https://lawandcrime.com/high-profil...-and-the-good-samaritan-who-stopped-him/

Great shooting that lad pulled off ! ! !

Didn't a citizen smoke a crook at like 100+ yards a few years ago?
Crook was shooting at the cops?

A street cop made a one shot kill with a pistol and saved lives on a busy big city street at about 100 yds several years ago.

May have been horse mounted and maybe NYC.

General..I saw that episode of McCloud ..
You having more of your Flashbacks..

Didnt someone post a thread about da C Of P changing the timeline of events to 15 seconds 5 or six days ago, iirc?

Crap. I wuz counting on you to remember, Col.

It was in Austin....312ft...or 100yds..

2017

Wish I could shoot like that.

Anything is possible, this is the internet.

I'd like to know what pistol he used for that. That's good shooting.

I believe that was in San Antonio a few years back, guy using a 357.

Yeah, incredible.

Have heard Glock and have heard Hellcat.

Back in the early 90s a Charlotte PD officer took a guy out at about 85 yards on the Mecklenburg County Courthouse steps. Shot the dude with a S&W .357, likely a 686.

Jackson Handy,

Thanks, I had forgotten the details.
Although there was another incident somewhere?, a citizen shot a 'shooter' with his pistol, that was a long shot for a handgun.

he used a pole for support and was not shooting on the move.

Makes more sense now. Stilll great shooting

I hope all 376 donut-munchers in Uvalde were taking notes....

That's the one I'm thinking, bad guy, shooting cops.

There was also the LEO that took the three (if i remember correctly) AK style wielding terrorists in Dallas at a fair distance maybe 5 years or so ago.

Armed citizen success will be buried ASAP by the Demoncrats

Fairchild AFB 1994 a security forces airman took out another airman wielding an MAK-90 who was on a killing rampage. The SF airman engaged with his M9 (Beretta 9mm) at 70 yards. Scored two hit in four shots. Fatal shot reported as “between the eyes”.

So I went out this morning, set a square piece of (2'x2') cardboard up, and ranged it at 40 yds. 10 shots of 9mm HP's with my Browning Hi-power, and 10 shots with my Sig 365, as fast as I could get back on target. 5 out of 10 with the Browning, 8out of 10 with the Sig. I need some practice. Also need some better targets.!

He used a rest? Or a brace? Isn't that somehow unethical or in poor taste or form?



Lucky shot! Well, not for the perp.

It was Austin, TX. One hand shot with an M&P while holding horse's reins. Luck or Skill?

That ain't bad shooting, sir.

I hope all 376 donut munchers in Uvalde go f*** themselves.

If a pistol won't consistently head shoot someone at 75 yards, I have no use for it.

Thanks, Jackson. Just went back and saw where you, Roger and others with a better memory than Travis posted about it.

Thanks, Crash.

Dont be getting off topic. The Col dont like it.

Reminds me of someone taking his son on a the next best thing to a guaranteed elk hunt and didnt bring the right gun - or something like that, though im getting old and sometimes forget some minor facts.

The Eli Dickens crowd funding campaign on GiveSendGo produced a whopping $40.00 reward for Eli's efforts.

Merica.....

https://www.givesendgo.com/G3J4C