Armed Citizen® Today
On Memorial Day, a 27-year-old man whose motives were unknown allegedly began shooting inside the Price Chopper grocery store in Pleasant Hill, Mo. He struck a teen worker and fatally struck a 45-year-old woman inside the store, but when approached by two armed citizens, he turned his gun on himself. The suspect was nonetheless reported to be in stable condition at the hospital and is facing charges of first-degree murder, three counts of armed criminal action and two counts of first-degree assault. The teen was also listed in stable condition.
The police chief praised the two armed citizens for stopping the attack: “Shortly after the first several shots were fired, two gentlemen from the Pleasant Hill area who were armed had the courage to approach this suspect, who then turned the gun on himself. … I think that it’s a good possibility that they prevented further bloodshed.” (kctv5.com; Kansas City, Mo.; 5/26/26)
From the Armed Citizen® Archives – January 1987
Sacramento, Calif., apartment manager Joseph Harshaw was told to evict a tenant. The tenant came to Harshaw's apartment, and, after the men talked awhile, the man pulled a butcher knife. The manager's cousin wrestled the man outside, and Hershaw ordered him off the property. When the knife wielder came at Hershaw, who was armed with a .357 Mag. revolver, the manager warned him off. When the man continued to advance, the Vietnam veteran fired when his assailant was about 3 feet away, fatally wounding him. (The Bee; Sacramento, Calif.)
