26 year old Antione Cooper walked into a Waffle House in DeSoto, Texas with an AK47, robbing several patrons:<\/p>\n
And then…:<\/p>\n
A handgun-licensed customer, whose wife was on her way to meet him at the restaurant, followed Cooper to the parking lot, fearing for his wife’s safety, according to DeSoto police.<\/p>\n
Police said the customer called to Cooper once they were outside. Cooper pointed the AK-47 in the customer’s direction, prompting the customer to shoot Cooper several times, according to police in the southern Dallas suburb.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
The citizen was not arrested – as befits someone who’d seem to any rational person to be a hero.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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