Random shooting at Oklahoma restaurant stopped by an armed civilian.

Police respond to the scene of the crime. CNN/KCRG.

A random shooting at an Oklahoma restaurant was stopped by an armed civilian. KCRG. The suspect shot two people, wounding them, before being shot and killed by an armed civilian in the parking lot at Louie's on the Lake in Oklahoma City. Another civilian suffered a broken arm trying to escape. No motive has yet been released and the identity of the attacker is unknown. 

Lake Hefner shooting update: A man walked into the Louie’s restaurant and opened fire with a gun. Two people were shot. One person has been taken to a hospital with serious injuries. A bystander with a pistol confronted the shooter outside the restaurant and fatally shot him.

— Oklahoma City Police (@OKCPD) May 25, 2018

My Comment:

As always I like to make sure that incidents of mass shootings stopped by a good person with a gun don't go under reported. As of this writing only the Washington Post is covering this story, but to be fair it just broke very recently. Still, compared to successful mass shootings, ones put down by armed civilians rarely get coverage, expect when the body count is high. 

Indeed, this incident will likely not even be counted as a mass shooting. Only two civilians were shot in the attack with another injured in a non-firearms related injury. It depends on who is recording it, but for it to count as a mass shooting either three or four people have to have been shot. It's one of those statistical tricks that people use to make defensive gun use seem less useful than it is and it needs to be pointed out whenever it happens. 

There is a huge difference in this case than the various incidents that have taken place in gun free zones. Though I am not sure if this was a gun free zone or not as some people with CCW licenses will ignore no-gun signs. My guess is that it didn't have a no guns sign and that the person armed with a pistol made the difference. Everyone remembers the Luby's Shooting in Texas back in the 1990's before CCW was allowed in the state. 23 people died in that shooting with one of the survivors furious because she couldn't carry a weapon. The difference in the two incidents is obvious. 

There isn't too much else to say about this case. We don't know the motive at this point and there isn't really much else to say besides the CCW angle. Still, I am very glad that this case ended like it did. A good guy with a gun made sure that this incident ended with only a few people hurt instead of a lot of people dead...