Thursday, March 28, 2024

Authorities Reveal Star Athlete Helped Stop Gunman

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authorities are reporting that UFC fighter helped take down a gunman at a sushi restaurant in .

Holland, his friend Patrick Robinson and one other customer tackled the gunman after he pulled out a handgun and fired one shot into the air.

Police rushed to the scene after being inundated with calls of a shooting in progress.

The last thing police officers expected to see upon their arrival was the gunman in custody.

ABC 13 reports:

According to HPD Sgt. Ricardo Salas, 40-50 people were inside the restaurant, but had to duck for cover when the suspect pulled out a gun and fired one time into the air.

Three customers rushed the shooter, and likely saved a lot of lives, Salas said.

“We were eating, and the next thing you know, a gunshot just popped off. So everything paused and then everybody started running to get down under a table,” said Patrick Robinson, one of the people who stopped the shooter.

Both Holland and Robinson are trained in mixed martial arts.

Police say the suspect is a 24-year-old man who was wanted for failing to appear in court on a criminal mischief charge.

The alleged suspect now faces additional charges of receipt of a stolen firearm and unlawful discharge of a weapon.

Holland reflected on the situation in a parking lot filled with flashing police cars, saying “[the shooter's] okay, I'm okay, we're okay.”

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