Bat-Swinging, Homicidal Maniac Shut Down by Pair of Armed Citizens

By John Falkenberg

SOUTH JORDAN, UT — A Utah man has finally been apprehended following an extensive search and offered reward following his assault on multiple victims with a baseball bat in a parking lot early last month, KSL.com reports.

The man, pictured above, could easily have killed the two women he initially assaulted on March 9, but when he attempted to add another pair of victims to his rampage, the two both produced firearms that they were carrying, sending him running for his life.

According to KSL.com:

Salvador Valdez, 44, was charged in 3rd District Court on March 15 with aggravated kidnapping, a first-degree felony, three counts of aggravated assault, each a second-degree felony, stalking, a second-degree felony, possession of a dangerous weapon by a restricted person, a third-degree felony, and other misdemeanor charges in relation to the March 9 attack.

Multiple witnesses told police they saw a man, later identified as Valdez, striking two women with a metal baseball bat in the parking lot of a Sizzler, located 11610 S. Main District Drive. Valdez then charged at two other bystanders with the bat as they attempted to intervene so they both drew firearms, and Valdez fled in a white Pontiac Grand Prix, …Read the Rest

Source:: Concealed Nation