From the article cited below:
> [Girlfriend] Shay hid behind a kiosk. Then
investigators said Eli, within seconds, stopped the suspect.
>
They tell 13News the 22-year-old pulled out the pistol he was carrying under the “Constitutional Carry”
> law, steadied himself against a pole and fired ten rounds at the gunman from about 40 yards away.
>
> The suspect tried to go back into the bathroom, but instead fell to the ground.
>
> “His actions were nothing short of heroic. He engaged the gunman from quite a distance with a handgun.
> Was very proficient in that, was tactically sound and as he moved to close in on the suspect, [presumably
>
after gunman down --meh] he was also motioning for people to exit behind him,” Greenwood Police Chief
> Jim Ison said about Eli’s actions. “Many people would have died last night if not for a responsible armed
> citizen that took action very quickly within the first two minutes of this shooting.”
https://www.wpta21.com/2022/07/19/g...ooting-called-hero-by-his-girlfriends-family/
There already seems to be some conflation of defender's movement
during firing vs movement
after the gunman went down.
I'm sure the MSM will now go determine the distance between the pole and the bathroom door w/ a tape measure.
Stand by. . . .