Police laud actions of man who killed Indiana mall attacker

By ARLEIGH RODGERS and RICK CALLAHAN
Associated Press

GREENWOOD, Ind. (AP) — Authorities say a 20-year-old man likely assembled a rifle in the bathroom of a suburban Indianapolis shopping mall before shooting five people in the food court, killing three of them before an armed shopper fatally shot him. Greenwood Police Chief James Ison said at a news conference Monday that Jonathan Sapirman of Greenwood apparently was facing eviction before he opened fire at the Greenwood Park Mall shortly before it closed Sunday evening. He says Sapirman continued shooting people until 22-year-old Elisjsha Dicken, of Seymour, shot and killed him. Authorities say Dicken was shopping at the mall with his girlfriend and that he acted heroically. Ison says investigators are still trying to determine a motive.