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Greenwood Park Mall shooting

Coordinates: 39°37′58″N 86°07′14″W / 39.6329°N 86.1205°W / 39.6329; -86.1205
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Greenwood Park Mall shooting
Part of mass shootings in the United States
An entrance to the mall, where the shooting occurred. Seen in November 2018
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LocationGreenwood, Indiana, U.S.
Coordinates39°37′58″N 86°07′14″W / 39.6329°N 86.1205°W / 39.6329; -86.1205
DateJuly 17, 2022
5:56 p.m. (EDT)
Attack type
Mass shooting
Weapons
Deaths4 (including the perpetrator)
Injured2
PerpetratorJonathan Douglas Sapirman
DefenderElisjsha Dicken
MotiveUnder investigation

On July 17, 2022, a mass shooting occurred at the Greenwood Park Mall in Greenwood, Indiana, United States. The shooting occurred at 5:56 p.m. EDT (UTC−04:00) and lasted less than one minute. Three people were killed, and two others were injured in the shooting[1] before the perpetrator was fatally shot by a legally armed civilian bystander.[2]

Shooting

Around 4:55 p.m. on July 17, 2022, the perpetrator of the attack, Jonathan Sapirman, a local citizen from Greenwood, walked a mile from his apartment to the mall, carrying a SIG Sauer M400 semi-automatic rifle, a Smith & Wesson M&P15 AR-15 style semi-automatic rifle, a Glock 33 pistol, and over 100 rounds of ammunition. He went into a restroom near the mall's food court, and did not come out until an hour and two minutes later, at which point he started shooting.[3]

At 5:56:48 p.m. on July 17, 2022, the perpetrator began firing into the food court area of the mall.[4] He first shot and killed Indianapolis native Victor Gomez, who was standing near the restroom entrance. He then turned and fired at a nearby table, fatally shooting Pedro and Rosa Pineda, a married couple from Indianapolis. Sapirman then continued to fire at mall patrons, injuring a 22-year-old woman and a 12-year-old girl.[5][6]

Fifteen seconds after the shooting began, Elisjsha Dicken, a legally armed 22-year-old man from Seymour, engaged the shooter in a gunfight. From a distance of forty yards, Dicken fired ten rounds from a Glock handgun, hitting the shooter eight times. The shooter fired once, and attempted to retreat into the restroom, but instead fell to the ground and died soon afterwards.[7][8][9]

Aftermath

Police and EMS crews arrived at the mall shortly after the shooting and secured the building.[10] The wounded victims were sent to nearby hospitals to be treated for their injuries.[11] A bomb squad was also sent to the mall to investigate a suspicious backpack in one of the bathrooms near a Dick's Sporting Goods store.[12] The backpack was later deemed not to be a threat.[13]

The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department stated there was no ongoing threat during a 7:45 p.m. EDT news conference on the day of the shooting.[14]

Multiple agencies such as the FBI, the ATF, the Department of Homeland Security, and the Johnson County Sheriff's Department are assisting in the investigation.[15] However, the motive for the attack is still unclear.[16]

Greenwood's Police Chief James Ison reported that the ammunition Sapirman purchased came from a Range USA store outside Interstate 65 between the borders of Greenwood and Indianapolis which Sapirman had frequented since 2020. Family members also told Greenwood Police that Sapirman frequented a local gun range at the Range USA store and began purchasing guns from various other stores across Greenwood, Southport, and Indianapolis.[17]

The Greenwood Park Mall reopened on July 19, 2022, at 11 a.m, a little under two days after the shooting.[18]

Civilian Response

22-year-old Elisjsha Dicken, a civilian bystander, was shopping with his girlfriend when the perpetrator opened fire.[19] Dicken was legally carrying a Glock handgun, which he used to shoot 10 rounds at the perpetrator from a distance of 40 yd (37 m). Eight of these rounds were hits, and the shooter soon died from his injuries.[8][9][19] Afterwards, Dicken approached security guards at the mall, informed them that he had neutralized the shooter, and waited for police to arrive.[19]

Greenwood police chief James Ison said at a news conference that Dicken was a "responsible armed citizen that took action very quickly", and that his actions had been "very proficient".[19] According to investigators, Dicken had "no police training and no military training", and was taught how to shoot by his grandfather.[19]

CNN said that "few other details have emerged about Dicken", and that Dicken had refused to comment on events, in order to "respect the ongoing criminal investigation by the Greenwood Police Department and take time to honor the three innocent lives lost".[19]

The mayor of Greenwood, Mark W. Myers, commended Elisjsha Dicken for preventing additional tragedy, stating, "On behalf of the city of Greenwood, I am grateful for his quick action and heroism in this situation."[20] Governor Eric Holcomb, former vice president Mike Pence, representative Jim Banks, representative Jackie Walorski, representative Jim Baird, Representative Trey Hollingsworth, Representative Greg Pence, Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita, and Senator Mike Braun made similar statements.[21]

Perpetrator

Jonathan Sapirman (born November 30, 2001 - July 17, 2022), the shooter, had no adult criminal history,[22] but had gotten into a fight while attending Greenwood High School in his hometown in Indiana, and was a juvenile runaway.[23] An article on Heavy.com said that Sapirman "was from a troubled family",[24] and his parents divorced in 2017 (with his father moving to Arizona, and his mother subsequently losing her job). He lived in a motel until March 2017.[citation needed] Later during the year, Sapirman was placed in a foster family at the Department of Child Services in Indianapolis, but was kicked out after an occurrence of abuse, and a guardianship petition was submitted by his older brother in 2018.[24] He had a job at a warehouse, which he quit.[25] He lived in an apartment and was facing eviction by July 2022.[25] Prior to the shooting, he burned his laptop in an oven in his apartment and put his cell phone in a toilet at the shopping center,[22][26] and also allegedly made at least one post on 4chan, pronouncing his intention to die on that day and illustrating it with a colorized image of a wedding in Nazi Germany.[27]

Reactions

In addition to the commendations for Dicken, Indiana House and Senate Democrats, Representative Mitch Gore, and Representative André Carson also expressed their sympathies towards the victims and their families, as well as speaking about the issue of gun violence in the United States.[21]

See also

References

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  2. ^ "4 dead in mass shooting at Greenwood Park Mall in Indiana". BNO News. July 17, 2022. Archived from the original on July 18, 2022. Retrieved July 18, 2022.
  3. ^ Fawcett, Eliza (July 18, 2022). "Bystander Killed Gunman 2 Minutes Into Indiana Mall Shooting". The New York Times.
  4. ^ Planas, Antonio; Romero, Dennis; Chalkia, Melina (July 18, 2022). "Indiana mall shooter brought multiple weapons, good Samaritan who shot him credited with saving countless lives". NBC News. Archived from the original on July 18, 2022. Retrieved July 18, 2022.
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  9. ^ a b "TIMELINE: What happened leading up to the Greenwood Park Mall shooting". Fox 59. July 19, 2022. Retrieved July 20, 2022.
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  21. ^ a b "Indiana political leaders respond to Greenwood Park Mall shooting". Reporter-Times. Retrieved July 19, 2022.
  22. ^ a b "Wife and husband among Greenwood mall victims; gunman identified". WTTV CBS4Indy. July 18, 2022. Archived from the original on July 18, 2022. Retrieved July 18, 2022. {{cite web}}: |archive-date= / |archive-url= timestamp mismatch; July 19, 2022 suggested (help)
  23. ^ Crenshaw, Noah (July 18, 2022). "Police identify victims, suspect in Greenwood Park Mall Shooting". Daily Journal. Retrieved July 19, 2022.
  24. ^ a b McBride, Jessica (July 18, 2022). "Jonathan Sapirman, Greenwood Mall Suspect: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know". Heavy.com. Retrieved July 19, 2022.
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