Posted on 10/29/2018 11:44:55 AM PDT by ETL
A brave dad armed with a pistol stopped what could have been a mass shooting Saturday inside an Alabama McDonald's when he took down a masked gunman who had stormed in and opened fire.
The unidentified father was leaving the establishment with his sons when a masked man walked into the Birmingham fast-food restaurant and started shooting, WBRC-TV reported. The father returned fire and, during the ensuing shootout, the gunman, the father and one of the man's teenage sons were struck, according to the station.
The gunman, who was not identified, later died of his injuries. The other two injuries were not considered life-threatening.
Markus Washington, one of the McDonald's employees, told WBRC-TV he was making two quarter-pounders when bullets started to fly. Washington said he ran into the freezer, where he heard about 15 shots fired.
“I’m feeling grateful,” he told the station. “Wrapping my head around it all, I was just wishing someone would come wake me up from this nightmare.”
Washington, oblivious to the shootout taking place outside the freezer door, feared the worst.
“All we hear is like different gunfire, so in my mind, I’m imagining everybody is dead. He’s looking for us,” he said. Washington added he was thankful the armed customer was there.
“He’s my hero. Because I can only imagine how it would’ve went if he wasn’t armed. We might not be here having this interview,” Washington said.
The father is not expected to face charges, police said.
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the father is not expected to face charges? how about free quarter pounders for life.
More anecdotal evidence that we suffer from a lack of guns ... not too many guns as the left would have you believe.
Where’s the fake news ? Raving about gun control?
>>>the father is not expected to face charges? how about free quarter pounders for life<<<
They should reward him, not try and kill him. #;^)
WHO WRITES THIS CRAP? He wasn't 'oblivious', he was hiding from it!............
That a reward?......................or a curse?..................
A Birmingham police spokesman referred to the masked gunman as “The gentleman who unfortunately lost his life”. That’s a kinder characterization than I would use....
Trying to notify next of kin, couldn't find the father.
WHO WRITES THIS CRAP? He wasn't 'oblivious', he was hiding from it!...
“All we hear is like different gunfire, so in my mind, I’m imagining everybody is dead. He’s looking for us,” he [Washington] said.
He is not facing charges because he lives in a free state that has not outlawed self-defense like the communist states have.
I’ve re-started carrying one of my two 1911 Kimber .45s, w/ 2 spare mags, and CT laser-grips, since the crap is happening again, after a short lull. (I’d lost 131-lbs after acute/severe pancreatitis and 23 days in the hospital, and had no body fat or muscle left. Still going thru treatment w/ endoscopies, but at least I safely operate the 1911s now.)
More likely he will be banned from McDonalds... which, in a way, could save his life.
You should carry both 1911s. Seriously.
Lol!
What movie is that from?
Very funny, BTW. One of my all-time favorite comedies.
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