Pennsylvania mall shooting thwarted by legally armed bystander: 'He is a hero'

A legally armed bystander is being heralded as a hero after he helped thwart a mall shooting in Pennsylvania. [...] The shooting unfolded Sunday at the Lancaster mall when a 16-year-old suspect reportedly got into a fight with another person and pulled a gun. The teen fired several shots, while multiple people struggled over getting the gun, police said. 

"It reminds me of the Desert Storm war when I was there. It was awful. The sounds of shooting, it’s really bringing things back to you. It’s so terrifying," Ali, a native of Iraq, added.

Police said that the armed bystander then got involved with the fight. 

"The armed bystander then engaged the subjects fighting over the gun and fired shots, striking one of the suspects. The [struggle] ended and the bystander waited at the scene until officers from the Lancaster City Police and Park City Security arrived and took control of the scene," the Lancaster Bureau of Police said in an update on the shooting. 

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