[Washington Examiner] Four people were killed and two were wounded in a mass shooting at a shopping mall just south of Indianapolis Sunday evening, which ended when an armed good Samaritan took out the gunman.
Law enforcement was called to the Greenwood Park Mall in Greenwood, Indiana, just after 6 p.m. EST to respond to reports of an active shooter. Locals on the scene began tweeting around that time about sounds of gunfire, and told reporters outside that chaos ensued as soon as the suspect began shooting, with panicked shoppers racing in different directions searching for cover.
One of the dead is the suspected shooter, Greenwood Police Department Chief Jim Ison confirmed to reporters at the scene. The suspect, identified only as an adult male, entered the mall with a rifle and several magazines of ammunition and began firing in the food court. He was taken out by an armed civilian who shot the man dead. The suspect's death makes the death toll four, though only three were killed by the suspect.
"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," Ison said at a briefing late Sunday.
One of the two wounded was a 12-year-old girl with a minor injury. Police said she and the other wounded individual were transported to local hospitals and are both in stable condition.
Four of the victims who were hit by gunfire were female, while one was male. Ison said he did not yet know the specific gender or ages of those who were killed.
Witnesses reported to local journalists that they heard somewhere in vicinity of 20-30 gunshots during the attempted |