Two Legally Armed Shoppers Confronted a Missouri Grocery Store Shooter and Held Him for Police

PLEASANT HILL, MO — Two legally armed residents drew their own pistols and confronted a shooter in a Price Chopper parking lot on Memorial Day, then held him at gunpoint until officers arrived about a minute later.

Police say the May 25 attack killed 45-year-old Amy Coon of Strasburg and wounded a 16-year-old store employee. The Cass County Prosecutor’s Office has charged 27-year-old Allen Prince of Pleasant Hill with first-degree murder, two counts of first-degree assault, and three counts of armed criminal action.

According to charging documents, Prince got out of his car with a bolt-action rifle just before 4:30 p.m. and opened fire on Coon and the teen as they ran. Police Chief Tommy Wright says Prince turned the gun on himself after the two armed residents confronted him. Prince was hospitalized, then released and booked into the Cass County Jail with no bond. ---More...

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