PICTURED: Indiana mall gunman, 20, who killed three people

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55% : He engaged the gunman from quite a distance with a handgun and was very proficient,' Greenwood Police Chief Jim Ison said at a press conference on Monday afternoon where he also revealed;Sapirman was recently evicted from his home in Indiana, according to his familyHe legally owned two weapons; a Sig Sauer 400M that he bought in March and a handgun that he bought last year Sapirman had no adult criminal record but was known to police as a juvenile for fighting at school and trying to runaway He stashed his cell phone in the bathroom where he spent an hour before emerging ready to killThe hero who stopped him was 22-year-old Elisjsha Dicken, who was shopping with his girlfriend and who pulled out his own weapon when he saw the gunman open fire Dicken had no law enforcement or military training but was 'proficient' in taking down the gunman
41% : He added that Dicken had no law enforcement or military training, but video showed him calmly gesturing for crowds to evacuate while he trained his weapon on Sapirman.

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