A West Virginia woman is being hailed a hero for using her legally-owned pistol to shoot and kill a criminal armed with an AR-15 after he opened fire at a graduation party last week, Your Content has learned.
The unidentified woman shot and killed Dennis Butler on Wednesday in Charleston, West Virginia.
He showed up to a graduation party at the Vista View Apartment Complex.
Butler, a 37-year-old convicted felon, had an ‘AR-style assault rifle’
It’s unclear what his motive was or if he even knew anyone at the event.
He started shooting then the woman pulled her gun out, according to police.
The incident went largely unnoticed in the wave of stories about Uvalde in Texas where a gunman slaughtered 19 kids and two teachers.
Now, the issue of gun reform is being ferociously debated politically,‘according to FLIPBOARD.
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