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Greenwood hero is a freaking stud… Fired 10 rounds, neutralized shooter in 15 seconds…
https://citizenfreepress.com ^ | Posted by Kane on July 20, 2022 1:31 am

Posted on 07/20/2022 5:27:05 AM PDT by Red Badger

GREENWOOD, Ind. — Within 15 seconds of a mass shooter opening fire inside the Greenwood Park Mall, Elisjsha Dicken got off 10 rounds, striking the shooter 8 times, and killing him.

Police say Dicken was shopping with his girlfriend Sunday at the mall when he stopped at a cookie counter close to the main walkways of the mall. When the gunman exited the restroom, beginning his shooting spree, police say what he did was nothing short of heroic.

Armed only with a handgun, police say Dicken first engaged the shooter from a distance of 40 yards. Police say he was very proficient and tactically sound.

According to police, Dicken hit the shooter from 40 yards away with his 9mm Glock on the very first shot. Johnson County Coroner Mike Pruitt said an autopsy found the suspect had eight gunshot wounds and none were self-inflicted. He fired 10 shots with an 80 percent strike rate.

Dicken started making his way towards the gunman, motioning for people to leave behind him. The gunman tried to retreat back into the restroom, but Dicken continued on, shooting the suspect until he fell.

“The surveillance video shows Sapirman exit the restroom at 5:56:48 p.m.,” Ison said. “He was neutralized by Dicken 15 seconds later at 5:57:03 p.m.”

Police took him to the Greenwood Police Department while they watched the security video and spoke with other witnesses to confirm what Dicken told them. During the whole process, police say Dicken fully cooperated.

Dicken had no police training or military background.

Police also confirmed Dicken was carrying a gun under the constitutional carry law that went into effect July 1.


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To: RummyChick

As would be expected when the shooting started people were running outward toward the stores hoping to not get hit. I get the impression that after the hero knew he hit the shooter, the shooter started retreating to the bathroom and Eli finished.

I think you are right about the shooter never expected to be trying to defend himself. Maybe not even sure at first where it was coming from which gave people time to get out of the line of fire.


61 posted on 07/20/2022 6:14:45 AM PDT by dforest (We have to put a stop to this now.)
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To: RummyChick

That looks almost exactly like ours!........................


62 posted on 07/20/2022 6:16:02 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Red Badger

Dicken did an amazing thing. Hopefully this stays in the news, it’s a great example of the value of trained concealed carry holder being armed and prepared in real life circumstances. He’s a Hero with a capital H.


63 posted on 07/20/2022 6:16:32 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: Red Badger
"suspect mall murderer had eight gunshot wounds... 10 shots with an 80 percent strike rate."

Release a photo of the shot-grouping on the carcass!!

64 posted on 07/20/2022 6:18:06 AM PDT by Carl Vehse (A proud member of the LGBFJB community)
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To: RummyChick

I’ve managed to hit steel at 100 yards with a custom 1911. But it’s not easy and it takes me a full magazine to get the drop right. I can actually see the bullet flying towards the target with a .45.

But I did it seated and shooting from a rest so it’s hardly comparable to what this guy pulled off. It’s nothing short of amazing.

L


65 posted on 07/20/2022 6:19:24 AM PDT by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: Red Badger

This was the same sort of thing that happened at the second church in the NZ Christchurch shootings. A good guy with a rifle (probably AR15 clone) started shooting at the aHole slaughtering Ozzies — and the coward ran off.
Coward? Yeah! He went to a gun free zone to murder.


66 posted on 07/20/2022 6:20:22 AM PDT by bobbo666 (Baizuo)
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To: dforest

Heck, we have heard condemnation from the anti-gun groups because he stopped the murderer before he could kill more. They are going so far as to call him a vigilante.


67 posted on 07/20/2022 6:20:48 AM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Inside every leftist is a blood-thirsty fascist yearning to be free of current societal constraints.)
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To: dforest

Yes, I noticed.

There have been two nice articles this morning about the hero on FR. This is news that needs telling!


68 posted on 07/20/2022 6:21:13 AM PDT by .30Carbine
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To: Carl Vehse; RummyChick

Supposedly it’s on Reddit...................


69 posted on 07/20/2022 6:21:51 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Lurker

Thank God the perp was white. Had a white shooter shot a black man 8 times. White guy shot 8 times? The media doesn’t care.


70 posted on 07/20/2022 6:23:50 AM PDT by Browns Ultra Fan (uaic)
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To: RummyChick
"if you look at the dead perp you can see they werent all center mass"

The arms may have been positioned in front of the murderer's body when they were hit. An autopsy may be able to tell from the entry and exit wounds what position the arms were in when hit by righteous lead.

71 posted on 07/20/2022 6:24:54 AM PDT by Carl Vehse (A proud member of the LGBFJB community)
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To: Red Badger

Really amazing he was there. Could not prevent the three deaths, but certainly prevented countless others.


72 posted on 07/20/2022 6:25:16 AM PDT by odawg ( )
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To: Lurker

NOBODY needs more than 7 rounds.

...Kamala Harris


73 posted on 07/20/2022 6:25:17 AM PDT by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
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To: Lurker

Nice. I have to go to Farragut Park about 25 miles away to find a decent 1000 yard range. Not that I’m shooting at that distance these days.


74 posted on 07/20/2022 6:26:29 AM PDT by Noumenon (You're not voting your way out of this. KTF)
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To: Carl Vehse

“when hit by righteous lead.”

Great turn of a phrase. Poetic almost.


75 posted on 07/20/2022 6:26:52 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam
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To: chief lee runamok
"Police also confirmed Dicken was carrying a gun under the constitutional carry law that went into effect July 1.

I understand he didn't have a carry permit, so he would have been carrying illegally just a few days prior to the shooting when this law was not in effect yet.
76 posted on 07/20/2022 6:26:57 AM PDT by jaydubya2
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To: dforest

one of the witnesses leaning against the entry of Dicks said he ran into the store but wasn’t even sure if he was making the right decision. He was hoping he wasnt disoriented as to where the shooter was.

I have never been in a situation like that but I am in awe of what the Hero did. Just the disorientation factor and having a GF beside him he was trying to protect and telling her to get down while he was trying to pull his gun


77 posted on 07/20/2022 6:29:05 AM PDT by RummyChick
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To: Red Badger

More of our young men need to carry...


78 posted on 07/20/2022 6:29:22 AM PDT by GOPJ (US Military Promotions - Advancement based on ‘sexual kink, weirdo status, and skin pigmentation.)
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To: Carl Vehse

You do have a point.. so yeah..maybe he was going for center mass with every shot


79 posted on 07/20/2022 6:30:15 AM PDT by RummyChick
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To: Red Badger

He should start a national self-defense/gun-safety training course. He would make a mint.


80 posted on 07/20/2022 6:30:39 AM PDT by rhinohunter (“Being woke means you’re a loser” — Donald J. Trump)
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