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Line 210: − − |- − |Oct 23, 2017 − |Alan Ashmore − |Multiple Locations in Clearlake Oaks, CA − |On October 23, 2017, at 11:23 a.m., Alan Ashmore, 61, armed with a shotgun and a handgun, allegedly began firing into several homes and a vehicle in Clearlake Oaks, California, killing two people, including his father, and wounding one. Another person was wounded while fleeing out of a residence window. The shooter then shot and wounded a responding law enforcement officer before fleeing in his vehicle. The shooter drove to a nearby gas station and exchanged gunfire with the vendor, who possessed a valid firearms permit. The shooter fled the scene in his vehicle and drove to another gas station where he fired more shots. The shooter then drove to a nearby winery and shot at some employees before surrendering to law enforcement officers after a short vehicle pursuit. The entire incident lasted about 30 minutes. Two people were killed; three were wounded (including one law enforcement officer and one person who sustained injuries incidental to the incident). The shooter was apprehended by law enforcement.<ref name="fbi_report" /> <i>Of note, the gas station attendant was unable to stop the shooter, but the shooter fled the scene, which is why this incident is cited here.</i> Line 236:
Line 233: − * 72-year-old Jan Cooper saved her life and the life of her 85-year-old World War II veteran husband, who uses a wheelchair. Brandon Alexander Perez, 31, was breaking into the Cooper's Southern California home, when the grandmother fired one shot from her .357 Magnum Smith and Wesson revolver, which scared the burglar off.<ref>[https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jan-cooper-calif-grandma-fires-gun-and-scares-off-intruder-cops-say/ Jan Cooper, Calif. grandma, fires gun and scares off intruder, cops say], Jan Cooper, Calif. grandma, fires gun and scares off intruder, cops say], CBS News (June 12, 2013)</ref><ref name="washtimes_listicle" />+
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===SANDBOX===
===SANDBOX===
Every year, mass shootings are [[Armed self-defense|prevented by armed citizens]], and these stories go with very little reporting, or completely unreported altogether, with [[media bias]] being one of the reasons why.
Every year, mass shootings are [[Armed self-defense|prevented by armed citizens]], and these stories go with very little reporting, or completely unreported altogether, with [[media bias]] being one of the reasons why.
|Devin Patrick Kelley
|Devin Patrick Kelley
|Sutherland Springs, TX
|Sutherland Springs, TX
|''Sutherland Springs shooting'' - At First Baptist Church in Southerland Springs, Devin Patrick Kelley, 26, armed with a rifle, exited his vehicle and began shooting outside the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas. He then entered the church and continued shooting at members of the congregation. The shooter exited the church and was confronted by a citizen who possessed a valid firearms permit. The citizen shot the shooter twice, causing the shooter to drop his rifle and flee the scene in his vehicle. The armed citizen, together with the owner of a pickup truck, pursued the shooter. The chase ended when the shooter’s vehicle struck a road sign and overturned. Twenty-six people were killed; 20 were<ref name="fbi_report" />
|'''''Sutherland Springs shooting''''' - At First Baptist Church in Southerland Springs, Devin Patrick Kelley, 26, armed with a rifle, exited his vehicle and began shooting outside the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas. He then entered the church and continued shooting at members of the congregation. The shooter exited the church and was confronted by a citizen who possessed a valid firearms permit. The citizen shot the shooter twice, causing the shooter to drop his rifle and flee the scene in his vehicle. The armed citizen, together with the owner of a pickup truck, pursued the shooter. The chase ended when the shooter’s vehicle struck a road sign and overturned. Twenty-six people were killed; 20 were<ref name="fbi_report" />
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|Oct 23, 2017
|Oct 23, 2017
|Jacob Tyler Roberts
|Jacob Tyler Roberts
|Clackamas Town Center, OR (Portland area)
|Clackamas Town Center, OR (Portland area)
|Clackamas Mall Shooting - Roberts opened fire in an Oregon mall, killing two people. Nick Meli, who was also armed, brandished his pistol while taking cover. Meli did not risk firing due to a bystander behind the attacker. On seeing that Meli was armed, Roberts used his next shot to take his own life. Roberts shot two people and injured another before shooting himself. Nick Meli, with a CDW permit and carrying a Glock 22, confronted Roberts but did not fire because of a bystander in the line of fire. At that point Roberts retreated and committed suicide.<ref>[http://www.oregonlive.com/clackamascounty/index.ssf/2012/12/clackamas_town_center_shooting_61.html Clackamas Town Center shooting: 22 minutes of chaos and terror as a gunman meanders through the mall], ''Oregonlive - The Oregonian'', December 15, 2012</ref> ''Note: It is unclear whether Roberts killed himself because he was confronted by Nick Mili.<ref>https://politicalvelcraft.org/2012/12/18/oregon-mall-shooter-stopped-by-armed-citizen-new-world-order-media-censored-repeatedly-intentionally-the-second-amendment-in-action</ref>
|'''''Clackamas Mall Shooting''''' - Roberts opened fire in an Oregon mall, killing two people. Nick Meli, who was also armed, brandished his pistol while taking cover. Meli did not risk firing due to a bystander behind the attacker. On seeing that Meli was armed, Roberts used his next shot to take his own life. Roberts shot two people and injured another before shooting himself. Nick Meli, with a CDW permit and carrying a Glock 22, confronted Roberts but did not fire because of a bystander in the line of fire. At that point Roberts retreated and committed suicide.<ref>[http://www.oregonlive.com/clackamascounty/index.ssf/2012/12/clackamas_town_center_shooting_61.html Clackamas Town Center shooting: 22 minutes of chaos and terror as a gunman meanders through the mall], ''Oregonlive - The Oregonian'', December 15, 2012</ref> ''Note: It is unclear whether Roberts killed himself because he was confronted by Nick Mili.<ref>https://politicalvelcraft.org/2012/12/18/oregon-mall-shooter-stopped-by-armed-citizen-new-world-order-media-censored-repeatedly-intentionally-the-second-amendment-in-action</ref>
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|Sep 9, 2012
|Sep 9, 2012
|Andrew Wurst
|Andrew Wurst
|Edinboro, PA
|Edinboro, PA
|Parker Middle School dance shooting - At a school dance held at Nick’s Place banquet hall, Andrew Wurst murdered a science teacher, John Gillette, and wounded two classmates. The owner of the banquet hall confronted Wurst with a shotgun, and ordering Wurst to put his weapon down.<ref>[http://criminal-justice.iresearchnet.com/crime/school-violence/andrew-wurst/ ''Andrew Wurst''], ''Criminal Justice Research''</ref><ref>[http://journaltimes.com/news/national/warning-signs-ignored/article_79ca5fc8-f1dd-512e-ab3d-6eda1671a681.html Warning signs ignored], ''The Journal Times'', Apr 27, 1998</ref> The dance theme was, "Had the Time of My Life".
|'''''Parker Middle School dance shooting''''' - At a school dance held at Nick’s Place banquet hall, Andrew Wurst murdered a science teacher, John Gillette, and wounded two classmates. The owner of the banquet hall confronted Wurst with a shotgun, and ordering Wurst to put his weapon down.<ref>[http://criminal-justice.iresearchnet.com/crime/school-violence/andrew-wurst/ ''Andrew Wurst''], ''Criminal Justice Research''</ref><ref>[http://journaltimes.com/news/national/warning-signs-ignored/article_79ca5fc8-f1dd-512e-ab3d-6eda1671a681.html Warning signs ignored], ''The Journal Times'', Apr 27, 1998</ref> The dance theme was, "Had the Time of My Life".
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|Oct 1, 1997
|Oct 1, 1997
===France===
===France===
Thalys train, Amsterdam to Paris, 21 August 2015 - Ayoub El Khazzani, armed with an AKM (Modernized Kalashnikov) rifle, with 270 rounds, and a pistol was subdued by Damien A., a French banker, Mark Moogalian (French, U.S.), Chris Norman (UK), Anthony Sadler (U.S.), Alek Skarlatos (U.S.), Oregon Army National Guard Specialist, and Spencer Stone (U.S.), USAF, and an off-duty French train driver. <ref>[https://www.cnn.com/2015/08/21/europe/france-train-shooting/index.html 2 members of U.S. military stop Islamist attacker on train in Belgium]''CNN'', January 8, 2018</ref><ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2015_Thalys_train_attack&oldid=834187563 Wikipedia article on Thalys train attack]</ref> ''Note: The people who stopped the terrorist were not armed (until the terrorist "loaned" them his gun), but the idea is that citizens did, in fact, stop the attacker without waiting for the police to arrive.''
Thalys train, Amsterdam to Paris, 21 August 2015 - Ayoub El Khazzani, armed with an AKM (Modernized Kalashnikov) rifle, with 270 rounds, and a pistol was subdued by Damien A., a French banker, Mark Moogalian (French, U.S.), Chris Norman (UK), Anthony Sadler (U.S.), Alek Skarlatos (U.S.), Oregon Army National Guard Specialist, and Spencer Stone (U.S.), USAF, and an off-duty French train driver. Norman, Sadler, Skarlatos, and Stone were awarded Knights of the Legion of Honour (Chevaliers de la Légion d'honneur) by French president [[François Hollande]].<ref>[https://www.cnn.com/2015/08/21/europe/france-train-shooting/index.html 2 members of U.S. military stop Islamist attacker on train in Belgium]''CNN'', January 8, 2018</ref><ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2015_Thalys_train_attack&oldid=834187563 Wikipedia article on Thalys train attack]</ref> ''Note: The people who stopped the terrorist were not armed (until the terrorist "loaned" them his gun), but the idea is that citizens did, in fact, stop the attacker without waiting for the police to arrive.''
==Incidents in which an armed security guard or designated security individual stopped an active shooter==
==Incidents in which an armed security guard or designated security individual stopped an active shooter==
|Elton Simpson, Nadir Soofi, Abdul Kareem (accomplice)
|Elton Simpson, Nadir Soofi, Abdul Kareem (accomplice)
|Garland, TX
|Garland, TX
|[[Garland, Texas shooting|''Garland, Texas shooting'']] - At the Culwell Center in Garland, Texas, two gunmen opened fire outside of a Prophet Mohammed cartoon drawing contest in 2015 held by [[Pamela Geller]] at the Curtis Culwell Center, which was the venue of earlier jihadist conference. The two attackers were killed by police and security, preventing participants at the event from being killed. (May 3, 2015)<ref name="washtimes_listicle" /> An undercover FBI agent who was investigating terrorism at the venue, but apparently did not participate in stopping the attack. Norman, Sadler, Skarlatos, and Stone were awarded Knights of the Legion of Honour (Chevaliers de la Légion d'honneur) by French president François Hollande.<ref>[https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/phoenix/2017/02/10/records-undercover-fbi-agent-near-garland-terror-attack/97740354/ Records: Undercover FBI agent was at Garland, Texas, attack] azcentral.com (feb. 10, 2017)</ref>
|[[Garland, Texas shooting|'''''Garland, Texas shooting''''']] - At the Culwell Center in Garland, Texas, two gunmen opened fire outside of a Prophet Mohammed cartoon drawing contest in 2015 held by [[Pamela Geller]] at the Curtis Culwell Center, which was the venue of earlier jihadist conference. The two attackers were killed by police and security, preventing participants at the event from being killed. (May 3, 2015)<ref name="washtimes_listicle" /> An undercover FBI agent who was investigating terrorism at the venue, but apparently did not participate in stopping the attack.<ref>[https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/phoenix/2017/02/10/records-undercover-fbi-agent-near-garland-terror-attack/97740354/ Records: Undercover FBI agent was at Garland, Texas, attack] azcentral.com (feb. 10, 2017)</ref>
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|Matthew Murray
|Matthew Murray
|Colorado Springs, CO
|Colorado Springs, CO
|''Colorado Springs Church shootings'' - Matthew Murray, killed two people early Sunday at a missionary training center near Denver and had killed two teenage sisters in the parking lot at New Life Church. New Life Church guard, Jeanne Assam shot Murray. The shooter politely assisted Jeanne Assam by shooting himself twice after being shot by Assam.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/12/us/12brfs-GUNMANKILLED_BRF.html?fta=y&pagewanted=print&_r=0 ''New York Times'' December 12, 2007]</ref>
|'''''Colorado Springs Church shootings''''' - Matthew Murray, killed two people early Sunday at a missionary training center near Denver and had killed two teenage sisters in the parking lot at New Life Church. New Life Church guard, Jeanne Assam shot Murray. The shooter politely assisted Jeanne Assam by shooting himself twice after being shot by Assam.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/12/us/12brfs-GUNMANKILLED_BRF.html?fta=y&pagewanted=print&_r=0 ''New York Times'' December 12, 2007]</ref>
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|Oct 23, 2017
|Alan Ashmore
|Multiple Locations in Clearlake Oaks, CA
|On October 23, 2017, at 11:23 a.m., Alan Ashmore, 61, armed with a shotgun and a handgun, allegedly began firing into several homes and a vehicle in Clearlake Oaks, California, killing two people, including his father, and wounding one. Another person was wounded while fleeing out of a residence window. The shooter then shot and wounded a responding law enforcement officer before fleeing in his vehicle. The shooter drove to a nearby gas station and exchanged gunfire with the vendor, who possessed a valid firearms permit. The shooter fled the scene in his vehicle and drove to another gas station where he fired more shots. The shooter then drove to a nearby winery and shot at some employees before surrendering to law enforcement officers after a short vehicle pursuit. The entire incident lasted about 30 minutes. Two people were killed; three were wounded (including one law enforcement officer and one person who sustained injuries incidental to the incident). The shooter was apprehended by law enforcement.<ref name="fbi_report" /> <i>Of note, the gas station attendant was unable to stop the shooter, but the shooter fled the scene, which is why this incident is cited here.</i>
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|Jun 11-12, 2016
|Jun 11-12, 2016
|Orlando
|Orlando
|''Pulse Nightclub Shooting'' - [[Omar Mateen|Omar Mir Seddique Mateen]], 29, armed with a rifle and a handgun, began shooting patrons inside Pulse nightclub in [[Orlando]], Florida. After a 3-hour delay,<ref name="pulsedelay">[https://www.fbi.gov/contact-us/field-offices/tampa/news/press-releases/investigative-update-regarding-pulse-nightclub-shooting Investigative Update Regarding Pulse Nightclub Shooting], fbi.gov, June 20, 2016</ref> a police SWAT team exchanged gunfire with the shooter, killing the shooter. On the night of the shooting, Mateen had originally targeted Disney Springs club, near Epcot Center at about 10 PM (June 11). Based on evidence presented during a trial of Marteen's wife (in which she was acquitted), prior to going to the Pulse Nightclub, Mateen abandoned the Disney Springs attack when several uniformed police officers were at the location. Marteen then proceeded to EVE Orlando club at 12:55 AM (June 12), but left six minutes later in the face of "heavy police presence". He then used his phone to search "downtown orlando nightclubs", and proceeded to arrive at Pulse at 1:37 AM.<ref name="orlandosentinal">[http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/pulse-orlando-nightclub-shooting/os-omar-mateen-cell-records-night-of-pulse-shooting-20180305-story.html Pulse shooter visited Disney, another club in hours before attack, widow's defense says], ''Orlando Sentinal'' (March 5, 2018)</ref> At the time, the ''Pulse Nightclub Shooting'' was widely described as targeting [[Homosexuality|homosexuals]], but at least initially, Marteen did not realize his target was a gay bar, as he is reported to have asked a security guard at the club where all the women were just before he started shooting.<ref>[https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/4/5/17202026/pulse-shooting-lgbtq-trump-terror-hate New evidence shows the Pulse nightclub shooting wasn’t about anti-LGBTQ hate], ''Vox'' article, Apr 5, 2018</ref>
|''Pulse Nightclub Shooting'' - [[Omar Mateen|Omar Mir Seddique Mateen]], 29, armed with a rifle and a handgun, began shooting patrons inside Pulse nightclub in [[Orlando]], Florida. After a 3-hour delay,<ref name="pulsedelay">[https://www.fbi.gov/contact-us/field-offices/tampa/news/press-releases/investigative-update-regarding-pulse-nightclub-shooting Investigative Update Regarding Pulse Nightclub Shooting], fbi.gov, June 20, 2016</ref> a police SWAT team exchanged gunfire with the shooter, killing the shooter. On the night of the shooting, Mateen had originally targeted Disney Springs club, near Epcot Center at about 10 PM (June 11). Based on evidence presented during a trial of Marteen's wife (in which she was acquitted), prior to going to the Pulse Nightclub, Mateen abandoned the Disney Springs attack when several uniformed police officers were at the location. Marteen then proceeded to EVE Orlando club at 12:55 AM (June 12), but left six minutes later in the face of "heavy police presence". He then used his phone to search "downtown orlando nightclubs", and proceeded to arrive at Pulse at 1:37 AM.<ref name="orlandosentinal">[http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/pulse-orlando-nightclub-shooting/os-omar-mateen-cell-records-night-of-pulse-shooting-20180305-story.html Pulse shooter visited Disney, another club in hours before attack, widow's defense says], ''Orlando Sentinal'' (March 5, 2018)</ref> At the time, the ''Pulse Nightclub Shooting'' was widely described as targeting [[Homosexuality|homosexuals]], but at least initially, Marteen did not realize his target was a gay bar, as he is reported to have asked a security guard at the club where all the women were just before he started shooting.<ref>[https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/4/5/17202026/pulse-shooting-lgbtq-trump-terror-hate New evidence shows the Pulse nightclub shooting wasn’t about anti-LGBTQ hate], ''Vox'' article, Apr 5, 2018</ref>
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|Stanton, CA
|Stanton, CA
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72-year-old Jan Cooper saved her life and the life of her 85-year-old World War II veteran husband, who uses a wheelchair. Brandon Alexander Perez, 31, was breaking into the Cooper's Southern California home, when the grandmother fired one shot from her .357 Magnum Smith and Wesson revolver, which scared the burglar off.<ref>[https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jan-cooper-calif-grandma-fires-gun-and-scares-off-intruder-cops-say/ Jan Cooper, Calif. grandma, fires gun and scares off intruder, cops say], Jan Cooper, Calif. grandma, fires gun and scares off intruder, cops say], CBS News (June 12, 2013)</ref><ref name="washtimes_listicle" />
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