Gun carrying man ends stabbing spree at Salt Lake grocery store

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Gun carrying man ends stabbing spree at Salt Lake grocery store

Updated: 4/27/2012 12:26 pm | Published: 4/26/2012 8:20 pm

SALT LAKE CITY (ABC 4 News) - A citizen with a gun stopped a knife wielding man as he began stabbing people Thursday evening at the downtown Salt Lake City Smith's store.

Police say the suspect purchased a knife inside the store and then turned it into a weapon. Smith's employee Dorothy Espinoza says, "He pulled it out and stood outside the Smiths in the foyer. And just started stabbing people and yelling you killed my people. You killed my people."

Espinoza says, the knife wielding man seriously injured two people. "There is blood all over. One got stabbed in the stomach and got stabbed in the head and held his hands and got stabbed all over the arms."

Then, before the suspect could find another victim - a citizen with a gun stopped the madness. "A guy pulled gun on him and told him to drop his weapon or he would shoot him. So, he dropped his weapon and the people from Smith's grabbed him."

By the time officers arrived the suspect had been subdued by employees and shoppers. Police had high praise for gun carrying man who ended the hysteria. Lt. Brian Purvis said, "This was a volatile situation that could have gotten worse. We can only assume from what we saw it could have gotten worse. He was definitely in the right place at the right time."

Dozens of other shoppers, who too could have become victims, are also thankful for the gun carrying man. And many, like Danylle Julian, are still in shock from the experience. "Scary actually. Really scary. Five minutes before I walk out to my car. It could have been me."

Police say right now they have no idea what caused the suspect to go on the dangerous rampage. (We will update as soon as we learn new information.)

So far, police have not released the names of the suspect, the victims or the man who pulled the gun.

 

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[austin]

Guy was pretty lucky. Bet here EVERYBODY would have pulled a gun and shot him...

 

[CoilyGirl]

Kudos to that man. I think now that our Second Amendment rights are being slowly ( and stealthily) taken away more people will be actually willing to step up to the plate for total strangers. In all this mess I can see the good.

 

[DeepseekerADS]

Kudos....

total strangers saved by an enemy of the current state gun owner

 

[packerbacker]

They didn't have any scissors in that store?

 

[mtau]

Morally he did the right thing (holding him at gun point), but logically, he could have probably saved the tax payers a million dollars by blowing him away. Some bleeding heart judge will probably sentence him to 6 months in a psyco ward, so he can be turned loose to do the same thing. If these morons knew they were facing a death penalty for their actions, there would be a lot less of them going off the deep end.

 

[kazcoro]

Morally he did the right thing (holding him at gun point), but logically, he could have probably saved the tax payers a million dollars by blowing him away. Some bleeding heart judge will probably sentence him to 6 months in a psyco ward, so he can be turned loose to do the same thing. If these morons knew they were facing a death penalty for their actions, there would be a lot less of them going off the deep end.

But, us gun carrying citizens are law abiding people. And the law doesn't have provisions for vigilante justice. I understand your sentiment, but the fact is that people that stand up for others have a higher moral ground. And, shooting and killing someone is something that you have to live with. For some it is extremly hard, others not so much.