Greenwood, Indiana, Mall Shooting , Leaves 3 Dead. ABC News reports that on July 17, a man with a rifle opened fire at the food court in the Greenwood Park Mall. Three people were killed and two were injured before an armed citizen shot and killed the man. 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, Jim Ison, Greenwood Police Department Chief, via statement. The shooter's name or a motive have yet to be revealed. A suspicious-looking backpack was also retrieved from a nearby bathroom, police said. The incident follows a slew of mass shootings that have plagued the United States in 2022. We are sickened by yet another type of incident like this in our country, Chris Bailey, Indianapolis Assistant Chief of Police, via statement. This tragedy hits at the core of our community, Mark Myers, Mayor, via statement
GREENWOOD, Ind. (AP) — A gunman who shot five people at a suburban Indianapolis shopping mall, killing three of them before a shopper shot and killed him, was a 20-year-old local man who was apparently facing eviction, authorities said Monday.
Jonathan Sapirman, of Greenwood, began firing after leaving a bathroom at the Greenwood Park Mall shortly before it closed Sunday evening, the city's police chief, James Ison, said at a news conference.
Sapirman continued shooting people until he was shot and killed by 22-year-old Elisjsha Dicken, of Seymour, a city about 45 miles (72 kilometers) south of Greenwood, who was shopping with his girlfriend, Ison said, calling Dicken's quick action “nothing short of heroic."
“Many more people would have died last night if not for a responsible armed citizen,” said the chief, noting that authorities were still trying to determine a motive for the attack.
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