Good Guy With A Gun Stops Mass Shooting, Is Then Shot And Killed By Responding Officers

By Brandon Curtis

A security guard at a bar was shot and killed by police after he had apprehended a person who opened fire inside the bar.

This is a story you don’t hear about often, but it highlights how important it is to identify yourself to police.

An officer from Midlothian, Illinois, fatally shot Jemel Roberson, a 26-year-old security guard working at the bar, Cook County Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman Sophia Ansari told CNN.

Law enforcement agencies responded to the shooting around 4 a.m. at Manny’s Blue Room Lounge in Robbins, about 20 miles south of Chicago, Ansari said. Three people and an alleged shooter were injured, she added.

That’s when Roberson was shot.

After the shooting that Roberson stopped, witnesses say he had the man on the ground with his knee and gun in his back, telling the man not to move.

Witnesses also stated that they told the responding officer that the man holding the gun to the other man was a security guard.

“We all yelled. ‘He’s a security. He’s a security,’ and without … giving any thought, they shot him,” said a witness. “The vest said security as well … and they shot him in the side.”

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Source:: Concealed Nation