Police have praised two armed bystanders after they shot and killed a gunman who opened fire on diners at a restaurant in the US state of Oklahoma.
Oklahoma City police said four victims were injured on Thursday before the duo confronted the shooter as he fled the scene and "fatally shot him".
The gunman shot three people. A fourth person broke his arm. All the victims are in good condition, say police.
Police named the deceased suspect as 28-year-old Alexander Tilghman.
Police Capt Bo Mathews told reporters that the armed civilians, Juan Carlos Nazario, 35, and Bryan Wittle, 39, "took the right measures to be able to put an end to a terrible, terrible incident".
Mr Nazario and Mr Wittle did not know each other, but both retrieved firearms from their vehicles to confront the shooter.
Capt Mathews said the suspect, Mr Tilghman, shot at customers from outside the door of the restaurant, adding that "it could have been really tragic" if the gunman had actually entered the confined space.
"It doesn't look like [Tilghman] knew anybody at the restaurant. He didn't work at the restaurant," Capt Mathews said.
"It looked to me like a random event."
Mr Tilghman had a YouTube channel where he posted videos talking about demonic attacks, Fox 25 News reported.
But he held an active licence as an armed guard, the Oklahoma Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training told KOCO 5 News.
In one of his clips, he complains of a demon-possessed squirrel, and in another of his refrigerator attacking him.
In a video uploaded weeks before the attack, he said: "I am under hardcore demonic attack, you know.
"I really need some real people in my life so get in touch with me ASAP."
On a different YouTube page, a user claiming to be Mr Tilghman's brother said he was mentally disturbed, reports Fox 25.
The National Rifle Association (NRA) has cited the incident as another "example of how the best way to stop a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun".
Louie's Grill & Bar in north-west Oklahoma City had more than 100 customers at the time of the shooting.
Capt Mathews said the gunman was wearing ear and eye protection typically used at shooting ranges.
"Looked like his mind was made up that he was going to discharge his firearm once he got there," Capt Mathews said.
Mr Tilghman shot at people from the front door of the restaurant, but he did not enter the premises.
Three victims were injured as a result of the shooting, and a fourth fell and broke his arm.
Ron Benton, one witness, told News 4 the shots sounded like "a rack of plates crashing" followed by "a pop, pop, pop sound".
"I spotted the [shooter] walking north up the sidewalk, and pointed him out to the guy who had the weapon," Mr Benton said.
"It's like, every day you hear the same story but it was just very odd to be in the middle of it."
Millennial Lolcow Alexander Tilghman Attempts to Shoot Up A Restaurant - Gets Shot Dead Instead
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Good attempt at hiding the butthurt, sageposter.
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drip. drip. drip.
R Kelly?
niggers not welcome
you brought it up
Millennial lolcow checklist:
>He didn't work at the restaurant because he didn't work at all
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I am under hardcore demonic attack, you know yeah, bro, we know
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>gunman was wearing ear and eye protection his lolicopter parents trained him well
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Looks like this lolcow steals the crown of glory from Michael Rotondo, at least for this week's competition.
living in your head, rent free
sorry, i don't keep up with nigger culture tbh
The quality of this board has become such garbage lately that I don't really see much point in posting here anymore.
my excuse is I had a roomie who did
if you have a viable alternative I'm all ears
Set the example, lolcow. We're all waiting to be dazzled by your wit tbh
That the sound of diarrhea running down your legs?
was that supposed to be funny?
define "viable"
Trying to improve this shithole would be like trying to improve /tv/ at this point.
There is absolutely nothing anyone can do to make things better when there's a handful of faggots like you making sure not a single thread isn't a total shitfest.
I unironically hope for a collapse everyday because I know people like you would suffer and die horribly or have your teeth kicked out and be forced to suck cocks.
If this board is such a hopeless shit fest, then what does it say about you that you still lurk and post here every day? Being ironic? topkek
Fuck off you projecting, insecure little faggot. You are the very definition of a lolcow and I'm sure you've posted in this thread so many times because you are indeed a triggered millennial. It's satisfying to know that I've hit my target with such stinging efficiency and accuracy.
MSM silent because it conflates with their gun control narrative.
I think you're confusing the words "conflates" with "conflicts" my millennial friend.
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his post bitching about quality was still an improvement tbh, and yours is just more of the same cancer that's killing this site
not infested with pedo, not a hugbox for somebody's political ideology, heterosexual mods that actually ban spam and retards instead of calling everything they dislike spam and retards while letting actual spam and retards run rampant, not as much more dead than 8gag, userbase isn't easily-triggered squeaker/boomer/normalnigger rapefugees from reddit and stormcunt or anyplace as cancerous as those, I don't have to sign up for/into anything to post, it doesn't mine my butt for coins, not run by feds or lolcows, and ideally it has someplace to discuss technology, politics, news, vidya, tabletop games and monstergirl tiddies. atp I'd settle for discussion of calarts-style yaoi anatomy inflation furry porn or erotic Kirk/Spock pairings as long as the discussion isn't dogshit (IE, is actual discussion) like it's gotten here, and if decent effortposts at least sometimes get responses other than 'lol fuk u ur trigerd [boogeyman] lol I win agen'.
yeah I'm not sure what he's saying but he sounds like a bit of a dope–
drown in semen
holy shit the temporal rift caused by this board's intense autism is getting worse, now we're getting posters from 2009! Pastfag, you have to go back! You have to warn them about SOPA-PIPA! Maybe if we beat its ass harder we can prevent FOSTA. Just don't tell them Trump is prez in 2018, or about Pepe being a symbol of haet speech or they'll think you're just memeing.
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How Did OP upload a 264 mb video file?
Inside job?
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