Gunman kills ex-wife, bystander in Texas shooting spree; four wounded. A man angry about being sued for unpaid child support opened fire with an AK-47 assault rifle outside a courthouse, killing his ex-wife and a bystander who intervened to protect the couple’s 23-year-old son.
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Authorities credited the bystander who died, Mark Alan Wilson, 52, with saving the son’s life.
Wilson, a gun enthusiast who had a concealed weapons permit, intervened after Arroyo started shooting, witnesses said. Swindle said Wilson shot at Arroyo several times but his rounds didn’t penetrate the body armour. [CBC News]
Naturally the US media coverage I’ve seen only mentions that a “bystander who tried to intervene” was killed. The fact that the bystander was armed and (as a result of being armed) succeeded in saving the son’s life have been conspicously absent.
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