Another bystander, who Kolakowski later learned is also a Marine, drew a gun on the attacker.
“The other Marine told me that he just went shooting at a range, and he forgot to take his pistol off his hip,” Kolakowski said. “That’s what it all came down to.”
Finally, the attacker dropped the knife, and Kolakowski, who told CNN he served in Iraq nearly 20 years ago, held him down until help arrived.
“I just turned into somebody that I haven’t been in a long time and just stayed on top of him until the deputy ran up and jumped on top of him with a rifle in his face, and I helped the deputy arrest him,” he said. . . .
Munson Healthcare, a hospital system in northern Michigan, was treating the 11 victims from the stabbing attack, according to a statement on their Facebook page. Six victims were in critical condition, and five in serious condition as of Saturday night, the statement said. . . .
The knife-wielding monster was ultimately taken down by a pair of brave shoppers, including one who was armed, before authorities arrived and took him into custody, according to police and witnesses. . . .
Besides CNN, the New York Post, Breitbart, and some local media covered the armed citizen stopping the attack. But the New York Times, Associated Press, Fox News, Washington Post, NPR, NBC News, BBC, and others ignored the gun used to stop the attack. The Marine with the gun appears to be black.
Not surprisingly Democrat Governor Whitmer only thanks first responders but not the Marines who stopped the attack.
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said she has been in contact with law enforcement about the “horrible news” and commended first responders for their swift action. . . .
