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19-12-2012, 11:28 #1
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Man Attempts Shooting Spree At “The Hobbit” Premier, Stopped By Woman With A Gun
I edited the article title as the author assumed it was a man but the off duty officer was actually a lady, Lisa Castellano.
http://sayanythingblog.com/entry/man...dience-member/
Mass shootings always get lots of press coverage. But what about mass shootings that are thwarted when a bystander pulls his/her gun and ends it?
That’s exactly what happened in Texas where an off-duty deputy ended an attempted shooting spree at a movie crowded with Tolkein fans looking to see “The Hobbit.”
Police say a gunman, identified as Jesus Manuel Garcia, chased patrons from the nearby China Garden Restaurant into the lobby of the Santikos Mayan 14 movie theater at around 9 p.m. on Sunday. Garcia, an employee of the restaurant, reportedly walked in the establishment looking for a woman.
When the woman, also reportedly a restaurant employee, wasn’t there, Garcia pulled out a gun and attempted to open fire in the restaurant but his weapon jammed.
“It started at the restaurant and then went into the parking lot and then into the movie theater,” Deputy Lou Antu told 1200 WOAI news.
The commotion sent horrified restaurant patrons into the movie theater lobby, but the gunman followed. He again attempted to open fire, and this time his gun didn’t jam. Garcia reportedly shot one man in the chest before Antu says an off-duty sheriff’s deputy working security the theater shot him once, dropping him to the floor.
The deputy was working security, of course, but it could just as easily have been a CCW holder.
Guns save lives.
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19-12-2012, 11:36 #2
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Re: Man Attempts Shooting Spree At “The Hobbit” Premier, Stopped By Woman With A Gun
good stuff!! how do we get this one in main stream media?
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19-12-2012, 11:38 #3
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Re: Man Attempts Shooting Spree At “The Hobbit” Premier, Stopped By Woman With A Gun
I already copied and pasted the linky somewhere else. Everyone should. Spread the word.
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19-12-2012, 12:19 #4
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Re: Man Attempts Shooting Spree At “The Hobbit” Premier, Stopped By Woman With A Gun
here's another link with a bit more detail... http://www.examiner.com/article/two-...-of-the-hobbit
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19-12-2012, 12:35 #5
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Re: Man Attempts Shooting Spree At “The Hobbit” Premier, Stopped By Woman With A Gun
Sounds like it was a handgun?
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