Did he break the law? A 22-year-old Bartholomew County man is being praised as a hero and a good Samaritan for using a gun he brought inside the Greenwood Park Mall, in spite of a policy prohibiting weapons at the site, to kill a mass shooter who opened fire on shoppers at the mall''s food court on Sunday. The shooting occurred around 6 p.m., the mall''s closing time. A gunman carrying a long rifle and several magazines of ammunition shot and killed three people and wounded two others, police said. "The real hero of the day is the citizen that was lawfully carrying a firearm in that food court and was able to stop the shooter almost as soon as he began," Greenwood Police Chief Jim Ison said during a news briefing held after the shooting. 4 dead, including suspect, after Greenwood mall shooting in Indiana But, the presence of the guns — by both the initial gunman and the man who shot him — has drawn attention to the mall''s no-weapons policy and raised questioned on social media about concealed carry inside of businesses that prohibit guns. Police: Bystander who shot suspect carried gun legally Police have yet to identify the victims and both shooters. Police say the man identified as the good Samaritan was legally permitted to carry the gun.
A 22-year-old Bartholomew County man is being praised as a hero and a good Samaritan for using a gun he brought inside the Greenwood Park Mall, in spite of a policy prohibiting weapons at the site, to kill a mass shooter who opened fire on shoppers at the mall''s food court on Sunday. The shooting occurred around 6 p.m., the mall''s closing time. A gunman carrying a long rifle and several magazines of ammunition shot and killed three people and wounded two others, police said. "The real hero of the day is the citizen that was lawfully carrying a firearm in that food court and was able to stop the shooter almost as soon as he began," Greenwood Police Chief Jim Ison said during a news briefing held after the shooting. 4 dead, including suspect, after Greenwood mall shooting in Indiana
But, the presence of the guns — by both the initial gunman and the man who shot him — has drawn attention to the mall''s no-weapons policy and raised questioned on social media about concealed carry inside of businesses that prohibit guns.
Police: Bystander who shot suspect carried gun legally Police have yet to identify the victims and both shooters. Police say the man identified as the good Samaritan was legally permitted to carry the gun.