Wed Dec 19, 2012, 05:22 PM

Off-duty deputy praised for taking down gunman at Mayan 14 theater

The Bexar County Sheriff’s Office is calling one of their own a hero after deputies say she stopped what could have been a disastrous shooting inside a south-side movie theater lobby.

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At 9:30 p.m., Garcia walked in and chased all employees and patrons out of the restaurant before firing at an employee as he or she tried to flee, police said. It was not immediately known if the targeted employee was his girlfriend.

Garcia continued to chase the employee from the restaurant to the parking lot outside the theater, firing his weapon along the way.

San Antonio police said Garcia also took aim at an officer who pulled up in a marked cruiser. He missed the officer but shattered the officer's windshield.

The chase went into the lobby of the Mayan 14 Theater, where off-duty Sheriff's Sgt. Lisa Castellano immediately sprang into action.

The 13-year veteran quickly moved all patrons out of the lobby and into a secure location, deputies said. She then chased Garcia into the men's restroom, where she and another off-duty police officer cornered the suspect. Castellano then shot the suspect.

http://www.kens5.com/news/Off-duty-deputy-takes-down-gunman-at-Mayan-14-movie-theater-183878851.html

Castellano was off duty in a theater with a gun (in a gun free zone). A gun stopped what could have been several dead.

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Off-duty deputy praised for taking down gunman at Mayan 14 theater (Original post)	shadowrider	Dec 2012	OP
Correction...	Kelvin Mace	Dec 2012	#1
She had a gun in a gun free zone. The gun stopped the perp. He got shot, he wasn't talked	shadowrider	Dec 2012	#2
A trained police officer	Kelvin Mace	Dec 2012	#5
or NYPD	gejohnston	Dec 2012	#7
The real world says different.	GreenStormCloud	Dec 2012	#10
The training that made the difference probably wasn't shooting training.	Lizzie Poppet	Dec 2012	#11
Agreed!	Kelvin Mace	Dec 2012	#13
And yet, we do not reserve armed self-defense to the sole provence of the police.	PavePusher	Dec 2012	#28
Who are you defending yourself against?	Kelvin Mace	Dec 2012	#32
Only a very few (and generally very well-to-do) people own "military-grade assault rifles".	PavePusher	Dec 2012	#45
I am not making technological	Kelvin Mace	Dec 2012	#46
There are plenty of rational reasons for it, you just don't like them.	PavePusher	Dec 2012	#47
No, we differ in opinion on what is rational	Kelvin Mace	Dec 2012	#48
Please cite to evidence that supports your assertion. n/t	PavePusher	Dec 2012	#18
How much training does it take to recognize a bad person and shoot them?	Atypical Liberal	Dec 2012	#20
In close quarters	Kelvin Mace	Dec 2012	#33
And so far, this has not been a problem.	Atypical Liberal	Dec 2012	#34
if it were New York	gejohnston	Dec 2012	#3
Does the training involve	Kelvin Mace	Dec 2012	#4
have to ask a Texan	gejohnston	Dec 2012	#6
The closest thing I have seen	Kelvin Mace	Dec 2012	#14
if it is the case I'm thinking of	gejohnston	Dec 2012	#17
Joseph Zimudie was in a Walgreens across the parking lot.	PavePusher	Dec 2012	#25
His own words...	Kelvin Mace	Dec 2012	#35
Wrong.	Clames	Dec 2012	#8
Well, there was that incident in NY not long ago	shadowrider	Dec 2012	#9
Yes, police screw up all time	Kelvin Mace	Dec 2012	#15
If you can find an example of such a situation, please post it. n/t	PavePusher	Dec 2012	#23
Average armed Joes make things worse all the time	Kelvin Mace	Dec 2012	#16
If you can find evidence of a Citizen in a lawful self-defense incident "making things worse".....	PavePusher	Dec 2012	#27
Ask Trayvon Martin's parents that question	jpak	Dec 2012	#37
As I say below, her experience was probably the big factor.	Lizzie Poppet	Dec 2012	#12
I'm tired of this idea that police officers are magical unicorns.	Atypical Liberal	Dec 2012	#19
Agreed.	armueller2001	Dec 2012	#21
Exactly. There are no atheists in foxholes.	Atypical Liberal	Dec 2012	#22
I'm tired of "more guns are the answer" magical bullshit	jpak	Dec 2012	#26
Yet nearly every time one of these shootings happens, it stops because of someone with a gun.	Atypical Liberal	Dec 2012	#31
Law enforcement - not some douchebag vigilante yahoo	jpak	Dec 2012	#36
I do not believe that law enforcemenet officers are some kind of magical unicorn.	Atypical Liberal	Dec 2012	#38
and it doesn't take a rocket scientist to know that douchebag vigilantes	jpak	Dec 2012	#39
Like this douchebag vigilante?	Atypical Liberal	Dec 2012	#40
Your gun hero hid behind a post - and did not "confront" the shooter	jpak	Dec 2012	#41
"hid behind a post"....	PavePusher	Dec 2012	#42
And did exactly what you just claimed they would not do.	Atypical Liberal	Dec 2012	#44
Stop with the reality stuff already.	jpak	Dec 2012	#24
Just stop	jehop61	Dec 2012	#29
(Checks around...) Yep, still the RKBA forum.	PavePusher	Dec 2012	#43
She was off-duty working as security at the theater	bigbrother05	Dec 2012	#30

Response to shadowrider (Original post)

Wed Dec 19, 2012, 05:33 PM

Kelvin Mace (9,778 posts)

1. Correction...

Castellano was off duty in a theater with a gun (in a gun free zone). A gun stopped what could have been several dead.

A gun in the hands of a trained professional, a person who deals with dangerous situations every day stopped this cold.

Had the gun been wielded by just some average Joe with no real experience handling a firearm could have made the situation far, far worse.

Off-duty deputy praised for taking down gunman at Mayan 14 theater

1. Correction...

2. She had a gun in a gun free zone. The gun stopped the perp. He got shot, he wasn't talked

5. A trained police officer

7. or NYPD

10. The real world says different.

11. The training that made the difference probably wasn't shooting training.

13. Agreed!

28. And yet, we do not reserve armed self-defense to the sole provence of the police.

32. Who are you defending yourself against?

45. Only a very few (and generally very well-to-do) people own "military-grade assault rifles".

46. I am not making technological

47. There are plenty of rational reasons for it, you just don't like them.

48. No, we differ in opinion on what is rational

18. Please cite to evidence that supports your assertion. n/t

20. How much training does it take to recognize a bad person and shoot them?

33. In close quarters

34. And so far, this has not been a problem.

3. if it were New York

4. Does the training involve

6. have to ask a Texan

14. The closest thing I have seen

17. if it is the case I'm thinking of

25. Joseph Zimudie was in a Walgreens across the parking lot.

35. His own words...

8. Wrong.

9. Well, there was that incident in NY not long ago

15. Yes, police screw up all time

23. If you can find an example of such a situation, please post it. n/t

16. Average armed Joes make things worse all the time

27. If you can find evidence of a Citizen in a lawful self-defense incident "making things worse".....

37. Ask Trayvon Martin's parents that question

12. As I say below, her experience was probably the big factor.

19. I'm tired of this idea that police officers are magical unicorns.

21. Agreed.

22. Exactly. There are no atheists in foxholes.

26. I'm tired of "more guns are the answer" magical bullshit

31. Yet nearly every time one of these shootings happens, it stops because of someone with a gun.

36. Law enforcement - not some douchebag vigilante yahoo

38. I do not believe that law enforcemenet officers are some kind of magical unicorn.

39. and it doesn't take a rocket scientist to know that douchebag vigilantes

40. Like this douchebag vigilante?

41. Your gun hero hid behind a post - and did not "confront" the shooter

42. "hid behind a post"....

44. And did exactly what you just claimed they would not do.

24. Stop with the reality stuff already.

29. Just stop

43. (Checks around...) Yep, still the RKBA forum.

30. She was off-duty working as security at the theater