Gunman Gunned Down By Guardian Angel

COLORADO SPRINGS, Dec. 10 -- A heavily armed man who killed four young people at a missionary training center and a church Sunday apparently intended to gun down many more victims before he was shot by a church security guard, authorities said Monday.

The gunman, identified as Matthew Murray 24, of Englewood, Colo., was carrying an assault rifle, two handguns and as many as 1,000 rounds of ammunition when he shot his way into the huge New Life Church in Colorado Springs and was confronted and shot by Jeanne Assam, a former police officer who was serving as a volunteer security guard, police said.

"I saw him coming through the doors, and I took cover, and I waited for him to get closer," Assam told reporters. "I came out of cover, I identified myself and engaged him and took him down," she said.

Source : The Washington Post

It seems that there are a lot of gunmen around shooting people. Thank God guns are not so easily available here in Malaysia. Still I am glad that the security guard Assam managed to stop further carnage. Too often, the gunman gets away with killing too many innocent victims before killing themselves. Apparently she was shot at 3 times but she shouted "surrender" and returned fire while walking towards the killer.