Good guy with a gun stops criminal

KOMO News reports that a crazed gunman in a Walmart parking lot in Tumwater, Washington was stopped by a good guy with a gun;

The bizarre drama actually began earlier, around 5:30 p.m., with a report of a drunk driver going down the road the wrong way near Crosby Road.

As officers arrived on the scene, they received another call reporting a carjacking and shots fired near Israel Road and Tyee Drive. There, officers found an injured 16-year-old girl but no suspect. Her injuries were not life threatening and she is expected to be OK.

Shortly afterward, a man believed to be the carjacker showed up at the Tumwater Walmart store in the 5900 block of Littlerock Road SW and opened fire at a display case, police say. The gunman then went outside into the parking lot and fired more shots.

Megan Chadwick was there, huddled with her four kids as the shooting started.

“I thought we were in the clear as soon as we got out, and then I just heard four gunshots in a row, the cars crashing and the carts flying at us,” she says.

The gunman tried to hijack a car – but when the driver refused to give it up, the gunman shot him. It was then that Adams saw another Walmart customer jump into action and shoot the gunman dead. Two other customers also reportedly pulled their weapons in case they were needed.

“Those men who stood up, they are heroes to me,” says Chadwick.

The identity of that hero customer who shot the gunman has not been released.

The carjacking victim who was shot by the gunman was airlifted to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, where he is listed in critical condition.

I should remind you all that this is probably fake news, because we’re constantly reminded by the media that no lives are ever saved by good guys with guns, you know, despite this story and the story last week from Georgia where a good guy with a gun shot three armed thieves in a Kroger parking lot.

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