KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — Kalamazoo police are praising a citizen who helped disarm an armed gunman at an area business Tuesday.
Officers were called to the 1000 block of Schuster Avenue on reports of a man pointing a firearm at a customer. Before they arrived, police learned that an uninvolved patron inside the business had subdued and disarmed the attacker and was awaiting the officers. The suspect, a 45-year-old Kalamazoo resident, was arrested.
Kalamazoo Public Safety in a statement said they would like to extend its gratitude to the heroic patron who put the welfare and safety of their fellow citizen above their own. The names of the suspect and the brave citizen have not been released.
Anyone with information about this incident is asked to contact Kalamazoo Public Safety at (269)337-8139 or Silent Observer at (269)343-2100 or www.kalamazoosilentobserver.com.
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