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Four dead after Indiana mall mass shooting: Brave bystander, 22, shoots dead gunman, 20, just two minutes after he opened fire killing three people

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;3b2a2d&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Jonathan Sapirman&comma; 20&comma; has been identified as the gunman whose bid massacre shoppers at an Indiana mall was cut short as soon as it begun Sapirman tried to shoot up a mall last night using a military-style Sig Sauer <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;3b2a2d&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Elisjsha Dicken&comma; a 22-year-old who was shopping with his girlfriend&comma; shot Sapirman dead&comma;<strong> two minutes after he opened fire killing three people on Sunday evening <&sol;strong> <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;3b2a2d&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Dicken with neither police nor military training&comma; skillfully shot the gunman dead while gesturing for crowds to evacuate&comma; police said <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;3b2a2d&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Sapirman&&num;8217&semi;s motive remains unknown but he had recently been evicted from his apartment <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;3b2a2d&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>He killed three people using the legally purchased rifle that he has owned since March&semi; he fired 24 rounds <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;3b2a2d&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Sapirman waited in the bathroom at Greenwood Park Mall for an hour before he emerged ready to kill <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;3b2a2d&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Victims listed as Pedro Pineda&comma; 56&comma; Rosa Mirian Rivera de Pineda&comma; 37&comma; and Victor Gomez&comma; 30 <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<div class&equals;"wp-block-image">&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"alignleft size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;07&sol;Jonathan-Sapirman-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-412895" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"410"&sol;><figcaption><strong>Jonathan Sapirman killed 2 people after firing 24 shots in Monday&&num;8217&semi;s attack at the Greenwood Park Mall in Indiana&period; He was killed at the scene by an armed bystander  <&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>A good Samaritan has been hailed as a hero after he killed a gunman&comma; 20&comma; who opened fire at an Indiana mall murdering three people&period; <br>Elisjsha Dicken&comma; 22&comma; was shopping with his girlfriend at the Greenwood Park Mall in Indiana on Sunday when Jonathan Sapirman&comma; 20&comma; &lbrack;photo&comma; left&rsqb;&comma; began firing 24 rounds&comma; killing Pedro Pineda&comma; 56&comma; Rosa Mirian Rivera de Pineda&comma; 37&comma; and Victor Gomez&comma; 30&period; It&&num;8217&semi;s unclear if he shot them at random or if they were intended targets&period;<br>Sapirman waited in the mall bathroom for an hour before he opened fire in the food court using a Sig Sauer 400M rifle that he legally purchased in March this year at a local gun store&period; <br>Dicken reacted quickly&comma; pulling out his own handgun and shooting the gunman dead just two minutes after he first opened fire&period;<br>&&num;8216&semi;His actions were nothing short of heroic&period; He engaged the gunman from quite a distance with a handgun and was very proficient&comma;&&num;8217&semi; Greenwood Police Chief Jim Ison said at a press conference on Monday afternoon where he also revealed&semi; that the 20-year-old shooter&&num;8217&semi;s family revealed that he was recently evicted from his home in Indiana&period; <br>Sapirman who legally owned two weapons &&num;8211&semi; a Sig Sauer 400M that he bought in March and a handgun that he bought last year &&num;8211&semi; had no adult criminal record&comma; although he was known to police as a juvenile for fighting at school and trying to runaway&period; <br>He&&num;8217&semi;d stashed his cell phone in the bathroom where he spent an hour before emerging ready to kill&period; However&comma; when he emerged and started firing&comma; he was stopped within two minutes by 22-year-old Elisjsha Dicken&period; <br>Dicken who was shopping with his girlfriend and who pulled out his own weapon when he saw the gunman open fire&comma; and while he had no law enforcement or military training&comma; Dicken was &&num;8216&semi;proficient&&num;8217&semi; in taking down the gunman&period; police said&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;07&sol;Elisjsha-Dicken-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-412897" width&equals;"811" height&equals;"918"&sol;><figcaption><strong>Hero and Good Samaritan&colon; Elisjsha Dicken&comma; 22&comma; &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; who was in the mall with his girlfriend stopped Jonathan Sapirman&&num;8217&semi;s killing spree by shooting him with a handgun<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Chief Ison added that Dicken had no law enforcement or military training&comma; but video showed him calmly gesturing for crowds to evacuate while he trained his weapon on Sapirman&period; <br>&&num;8216&semi;He is a true American hero who saved countless lives during a horrific event that could have been so much worse if not for Eli&&num;8217&semi;s courage&comma; preparedness and willingness to protect others&comma;&&num;8217&semi; Dicken&&num;8217&semi;s lawyer&comma; Guy Relford&comma; said&period; <br>Sapirman had no adult criminal record but he was known to police for two incidents that occurred when he was a juvenile&semi; one involving a fight in school and one that involved him running away from home&period; His family has not commented on the incident&period; <br>He had recently been evicted from his apartment&comma; according to his family&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;07&sol;Food-court-at-the-Greewood-Park-Mall-in-Indiana-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-412903"&sol;><figcaption><strong>Jonathan Sapirman&comma; 20&comma; opened fire on the crowd in the Greenwood Park Mall food court&comma; seen here&comma; killing three people before he was brought down by Elisjsha Dicken&comma; 22<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Reports say Jonathan Sapirman opened fire on the crowd in the Greenwood Park Mall food court&comma; killing three people before he was brought down by Elisjsha Dicken&colon; &&num;8216&semi;It appears that he had a rifle with several magazines of ammunition&comma; entered the food court and began shooting&comma;&&num;8217&semi; Police Chief Jim Ison said at a press conference on Monday afternoon&period; <br>In total&comma; four people were killed in the shooting at Greenwood Park Mall&comma; including the gunman&period; As of Sunday afternoon emergency personnel continued to work through the scene at the Greenwood Park Mall in Greenwood&comma; Indiana as they removed the bodies including of the male suspect identified as 20-year-old Jonathan Sapirman&period; <br>The man who shot and killed the suspected mass shooter dead has been identified as Eli Dicken&period; <br>The town of Greenwood&comma; Indiana&comma; is located around 15 miles south of Indianapolis&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;07&sol;Jim-Ison-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-412905"&sol;><figcaption><strong>Greenwood Police Chief Jim Ison addressing a press conference on Monday afternoon said&colon; &&num;8216&semi; Elisjsha Dicken&&num;8217&semi;&rsqb; actions were nothing short of heroic&period; He engaged the gunman from quite a distance with a handgun and was very proficient&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;07&sol;First-responders-at-the-scene-after-shooting-at-mall-in-Indana-onJuly-19-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-412913"&sol;><figcaption><strong>Emergency personnel continuing to work through the scene at the Greenwood Park Mall in Greenwood&comma; Indiana as they remove the body of the male suspect identified ad 20-year-old Jonathan Sapirman The man who shot and killed the suspected mass shooter dead has been identified as a 22-year-old Samaritan Elisjsha Dicken<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;07&sol;First-responders-at-the-scene-after-shooting-at-mall-in-Indana-onJuly-19-2&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-412914"&sol;><figcaption><strong>Emergency personnel continuing to work through the scene at the Greenwood Park Mall in Greenwood&comma; Indiana<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Chris Roy&comma; the assistant manager of the Vans store in the mall&comma; relayed a similar story&period; <br>Roy said that when he saw people running he &&num;8216&semi;jumped over the counter&comma; locked the door&comma; gathered my associates and other managers at the back door&period;&&num;8217&semi; He said that while they hadn&&num;8217&semi;t heard gunshots&comma; seeing people running was enough&period;<br>Through the back of the store&comma; the Vans staff met staff and customers from other stores through an interior hallway&period; In total&comma; Roy said that he stayed hidden with around 50 other people&period; He added&colon; &&num;8216&semi;We just instructed everybody to keep quiet&period;&&num;8217&semi; <br>After about 10 or 15 minutes of hiding&comma; police cleared them from the hallway and escorted them out of the shopping mall&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;07&sol;Cops-at-the-scene-after-shooting-at-mall-in-Indana-onJuly-19-3&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-412908"&sol;><figcaption><strong>Law enforcement can be seen guarding the area after the mass shooting at the Greenwood Park Mall on Monday&period; The shooter was shot dead by a good Samaritan who witnessed the shooting<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The police chief told reporters&colon; &&num;8216&semi;It appears that he had a rifle with several magazines of ammunition&comma; entered the food court and began shooting&period;<br>An investigation into the attack is on-going&comma; with the FBI&comma; ATF&comma; Department of Homeland security and the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police all assisting&period;<br>Chief Ison said that officials are studying security footage showing the moments before the shooting&period; <br>Officers were called shortly before 6 p&period;m&period; to Greenwood Park Mall&comma; where gunshots were reportedly fired in the food court&comma; assistant chief of police Chris Bailey said at a brief news conference earlier on Sunday&period; <br>Authorities searched the mall for any other victims or for those who may have been hiding&comma; but Bailey said he believes the shooting was contained to the food court&period; <br>Bailey said at the press conference&colon; &&num;8216&semi;You are seeing the best that public safety has to offer right now behind us&period; We are sickened by yet another type of incident like this in our country&comma; in our city&period;&&num;8217&semi; He continued&colon; &&num;8216&semi;We are sickened by yet another type of incident like this in our country&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;07&sol;image-50&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-412924"&sol;><figcaption><strong>Several law enforcement agencies continue to work through scene after the 20-year-old shooter killed three before he was gunned down&period; &&num;8216&semi;It appears that he had a rifle with several magazines of ammunition&comma; entered the food court and began shooting&comma;&&num;8217&semi; police said<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Officials said the suspicious backpack was found in a bathroom close to where the shooting unfolded beside a Dick&&num;8217&semi;s Sporting Goods store&period; It was investigated by the bomb squad before being deemed to not be a threat&period; <br>&&num;8216&semi;We experienced a mass shooting this evening at the Greenwood Park Mall&comma;&&num;8217&semi; Mark Myers&comma; the mayor of Greenwood&comma; Indiana&comma; said in a statement&period; <br>Myers thanked the good Samaritan for his quick action&comma; and asked for &&num;8216&semi;prayers to the victims and our first responders&period;&&num;8217&semi;<br>&&num;8216&semi;This tragedy hits at the core of our community&comma;&&num;8217&semi; he said&period;<br>The mayor said that while the shooter&&num;8217&semi;s motive remains a mystery &&num;8216&semi;we do know that someone we are calling the &&num;8216&semi;Good Samaritan&&num;8217&semi; was able to shoot the assailant and stop further bloodshed&period; This person saved lives tonight&period; On behalf of the City of Greenwood&comma; I am grateful for his quick action and heroism in this situation&period;&&num;8217&semi;  <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;07&sol;Greenwood-Park-Mall-in-Greenwood-Indiana-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-412919" width&equals;"840" height&equals;"384"&sol;><figcaption><strong>The town of Greenwood&comma; Indiana&comma; is located around 15 miles south of Indianapolis<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;07&sol;Adhoc-memorial-at-Greenwood-Park-Mall-in-Greenwood-Indiana&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-412917"&sol;><figcaption><strong>Stuffed animals and flowers create a makeshift memorial for the three people killed at the Greenwood Park Mall by an active shooter on Sunday<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Sunday&&num;8217&semi;s shooting is the latest attack in a wave of gun violence plaguing the United States&comma; where about 40&comma;000 deaths a year are caused by firearms&comma; according to the Gun Violence Archive&period;<br>It comes just weeks after a gunman opened fire on a July 4 parade in an affluent Chicago suburb&comma; killing seven people and injuring at least three dozen&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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