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Showing Original Post only (View all)Gun carrying man ends stabbing spree at Salt Lake grocery store [View all]
LinkSALT LAKE CITY (ABC 4 News) - A citizen with a gun stopped a knife wielding man as he began stabbing people Thursday evening at the downtown Salt Lake City Smith's store.
Police say the suspect purchased a knife inside the store and then turned it into a weapon. Smith's employee Dorothy Espinoza says, "He pulled it out and stood outside the Smiths in the foyer. And just started stabbing people and yelling you killed my people. You killed my people."
Espinoza says, the knife wielding man seriously injured two people. "There is blood all over. One got stabbed in the stomach and got stabbed in the head and held his hands and got stabbed all over the arms."
Then, before the suspect could find another victim - a citizen with a gun stopped the madness. "A guy pulled gun on him and told him to drop his weapon or he would shoot him. So, he dropped his weapon and the people from Smith's grabbed him."
By the time officers arrived the suspect had been subdued by employees and shoppers. Police had high praise for gun carrying man who ended the hysteria. Lt. Brian Purvis said, "This was a volatile situation that could have gotten worse. We can only assume from what we saw it could have gotten worse. He was definitely in the right place at the right time."
Dozens of other shoppers, who too could have become victims, are also thankful for the gun carrying man. And many, like Danylle Julian, are still in shock from the experience. "Scary actually. Really scary. Five minutes before I walk out to my car. It could have been me."
Police say right now they have no idea what caused the suspect to go on the dangerous rampage. (We will update as soon as we learn new information.)
So far, police have not released the names of the suspect, the victims or the man who pulled the gun.
Police say the suspect purchased a knife inside the store and then turned it into a weapon. Smith's employee Dorothy Espinoza says, "He pulled it out and stood outside the Smiths in the foyer. And just started stabbing people and yelling you killed my people. You killed my people."
Espinoza says, the knife wielding man seriously injured two people. "There is blood all over. One got stabbed in the stomach and got stabbed in the head and held his hands and got stabbed all over the arms."
Then, before the suspect could find another victim - a citizen with a gun stopped the madness. "A guy pulled gun on him and told him to drop his weapon or he would shoot him. So, he dropped his weapon and the people from Smith's grabbed him."
By the time officers arrived the suspect had been subdued by employees and shoppers. Police had high praise for gun carrying man who ended the hysteria. Lt. Brian Purvis said, "This was a volatile situation that could have gotten worse. We can only assume from what we saw it could have gotten worse. He was definitely in the right place at the right time."
Dozens of other shoppers, who too could have become victims, are also thankful for the gun carrying man. And many, like Danylle Julian, are still in shock from the experience. "Scary actually. Really scary. Five minutes before I walk out to my car. It could have been me."
Police say right now they have no idea what caused the suspect to go on the dangerous rampage. (We will update as soon as we learn new information.)
So far, police have not released the names of the suspect, the victims or the man who pulled the gun.
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i'm guessing it should be "man carrying gun" unless the gun really did carry the man.
unblock
Jul 2012
#4
Glad he didn't follow advice of gun culture to shoot when pull your weapon. I give him credit, but
Hoyt
Jul 2012
#6
Conversely, I was thinking that the gun-guy could've saved the city alot of legal costs.
OneTenthofOnePercent
Jul 2012
#12
There's the gun culture mentality fostered by NRA. Save a few bucks by killing him sounds
Hoyt
Jul 2012
#13
How is he wrong? Not everybody has your telepsychological skills, Hoyt.
friendly_iconoclast
Jul 2012
#19
Hmmm. And right now I am trying not to get into a battle of wits with an unarmed man.
geckosfeet
Jul 2012
#35
So the situation ends about as good as it possibly could, and you still won't accept a gun helped?
Travis_0004
Jul 2012
#38
High Capacity assault knives that can stab 100's of times before resharpening are a real problem...
OneTenthofOnePercent
Jul 2012
#9
Obama would have done like in your signature, without need to resort to carrying a gun.
Hoyt
Jul 2012
#14
And luckily none of our hardened gun culturists were either, or guy would have been shot mulitiple
Hoyt
Jul 2012
#21
Get used to it. Anti's can say anything they want and with very few and isolated
shadowrider
Jul 2012
#32
Don't think they don't dream about any incident to push an anti-gun agenda n/t
shadowrider
Jul 2012
#34