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{{short description|Shooting in Greenwood, Indiana}}
{{use mdy dates|date=July 2022}}
{{Infobox civilian attack
| title = Greenwood Park Mall shooting
| image = File:JCPenney - Greenwood Park Mall Greenwood, IN November 2018 - 45794883854.jpg
| image_upright = 1.15
| alt =
| caption = An entrance to the mall, where the shooting occurred. Seen in November 2018
| map = {{infobox mapframe|coord={{Coord|39.6329|-86.1205}}|length_mi=0.26}}
| partof = [[mass shootings in the United States]]
| location = [[Greenwood, Indiana]], U.S.
| date = July 17, 2022
| coordinates = {{Coord|39.6329|-86.1205|display=inline,title}}
| time = 5:56 p.m.
| timezone = [[Eastern Time Zone|EDT]]
| type = [[Mass shooting]]
| weapons = * [[SIG Sauer M400]] semi-automatic rifle (used)
* [[Smith & Wesson M&P15]] semi-automatic rifle (left at toilet)
* [[Glock 33]] pistol (carried, not used)
| fatalities = 4 (including the perpetrator)
| injuries = 2
| perpetrator = Jonathan Douglas Sapirman
| dfen = Elisjsha Dicken
| motive = Unknown
}}
On July 17, 2022, a [[mass shooting]] occurred at the [[Greenwood Park Mall]] in [[Greenwood, Indiana]], United States. The shooting occurred at 5:56 p.m. [[Eastern Daylight Time|EDT]] ([[UTC−04:00]]) and lasted less than one minute. Three people were killed and two others were injured in the shooting<ref name=":0" /> before the perpetrator, 20-year-old Jonathan Sapirman, was fatally shot by 22-year-old Elisjsha Dicken, a legally armed [[civilian]] bystander.<ref name=":1" />

== Shooting ==
Around 4:55 p.m. on July 17, 2022, the perpetrator of the attack, Jonathan Sapirman, a local citizen from Greenwood, walked a mile from his apartment to the mall, carrying a [[SIG Sauer M400]] semi-automatic rifle, a [[Smith & Wesson M&P15]] [[AR-15 style rifle|AR-15 style]] semi-automatic rifle, a [[Glock|Glock 33]] pistol, and over 100 rounds of ammunition. He went into a restroom near the mall's food court and did not come out until an hour and two minutes later, at which point he started shooting.<ref name=nytimes20200718>{{cite news |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/18/us/greenwood-indiana-mall-shooting.html |date=July 18, 2022 |first=Eliza |last=Fawcett |title=Bystander Killed Gunman 2 Minutes Into Indiana Mall Shooting}}</ref>

At 5:56:48 p.m. on July 17, 2022, the perpetrator began firing into the [[food court]] area of the mall.<ref name="cH1x8" /> He first shot and killed [[Indianapolis]] native Victor Gomez, who was standing near the restroom entrance. He then turned and fired at a nearby table, fatally shooting Pedro and Rosa Pineda, a married couple from Indianapolis. Sapirman then continued to fire at mall patrons, injuring a 22-year-old woman and a 12-year-old girl.<ref name="MnF8z" /><ref name="iPMl3" />

Fifteen seconds after the shooting began, Elisjsha Dicken, a legally-armed 22-year-old man from [[Seymour, Indiana|Seymour]], engaged the shooter in a gunfight. Dicken, a civilian bystander, was shopping with his girlfriend when the perpetrator opened fire.<ref name="bystander" /> From a distance of forty yards, Dicken fired ten rounds from a Glock handgun, hitting the shooter eight times. The shooter fired once, and attempted to retreat into the restroom, but instead fell to the ground and died soon afterwards.<ref name=cbs20220719>{{cite news |title=Armed civilian neutralized Indiana mall shooter in just 15 seconds, authorities say |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/indiana-mall-shooting-elisjsha-dicken-neutralized-gunman-15-seconds/ |work=[[CBS News]] |date=19 July 2022 |access-date=21 July 2022 }}</ref><ref name="WdUpu" /><ref name="3RoXB" />

Afterward, Dicken approached security guards at the mall, informed them that he had neutralized the shooter, and waited for police to arrive.<ref name="bystander" />

== Investigation ==
A [[Bomb disposal|bomb squad]] was also sent to the mall to investigate a suspicious backpack in one of the bathrooms near a [[Dick's Sporting Goods]] store.<ref name="mz7Uv" /> The backpack was later deemed not to be a threat.<ref name=":3" />

The [[Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department]] stated there was no ongoing threat during a 7:45 p.m. EDT news conference on the day of the shooting.<ref name="2zBtA" /> Multiple agencies such as the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]], [[Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives|ATF]], [[United States Department of Homeland Security|Department of Homeland Security]], and the Johnson County Sheriff's Department are assisting in the investigation.<ref name="SthvL" /> However, the motive for the attack is still unclear.<ref name="NzmPT" />

Greenwood's Police Chief James Ison reported that the ammunition Sapirman purchased came from a Range USA store outside [[Interstate 65]] between the borders of Greenwood and Indianapolis which Sapirman had frequented since 2020. Family members also told Greenwood Police that Sapirman frequented a local gun range at the Range USA store and began purchasing guns from various other stores across Greenwood, [[Southport, Indiana|Southport]], and Indianapolis.<ref name="HIR9D" />

[[CNN]] said that "few other details have emerged about Dicken", and that Dicken had refused to comment on events, in order to "respect the ongoing criminal investigation by the Greenwood Police Department and take time to honor the three innocent lives lost".<ref name="bystander" />

== Aftermath ==
Police and EMS crews arrived at the mall shortly after the shooting and secured the building.<ref name="x9H0V" /> The wounded victims were sent to nearby hospitals to be treated for their injuries.<ref name=":2" />

The Greenwood Park Mall reopened on July 19, 2022, at 11 a.m., a little under two days after the shooting.<ref name="Rafnn" />

== Perpetrator ==
Jonathan Sapirman (November 30, 2001 – July 17, 2022), the shooter, was a local resident and had no adult criminal history,<ref name=":4" /> but had gotten into a fight while attending [[Greenwood High School (Indiana)|Greenwood High School]] in the town of Greenwood, Indiana, and was a juvenile runaway.<ref name="r3Zl6" />He had a job in a [[warehouse]], which he quit in May,<ref name=":5" /> lived in an [[apartment]], from which he was facing eviction by July.<ref name=":5" /> Prior to the shooting, he burned his laptop in the oven of his apartment, put his [[cell phone]] in a toilet at the shopping center,<ref name=":4" /><ref name="84LD0" /> and allegedly made at least one post on [[4chan]].<ref name="Tm2K0" />

According to a press conference about the shooting, the shooter's most used social-media website was [[Reddit]],<ref>{{Citation |title=LIVE: Greenwood Park Mall shooting update |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcnbmIAGXsA |language=en |access-date=2022-12-22}}</ref> where across a 5-year period from 2017 to 2022, he made over 700 comments on posts about mass shooters<ref>{{Cite web |title=Police: Greenwood mall shooter fascinated with German Reich, yet 'no clear motive' for attack |url=https://www.indystar.com/story/news/crime/2022/12/21/greenwood-mall-shooting-fbi-provide-update-into-mall-shooting-elisjsha-dicken-jonathan-sapirman/69740284007/ |access-date=2022-12-22 |website=The Indianapolis Star |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-12-21 |title=Mall shooter told ex he would 'take others' if he died |url=https://apnews.com/article/indianapolis-89d3ac38a69e333bc004a9e28c01e543 |access-date=2022-12-22 |website=AP NEWS |language=en}}</ref> via his 2 Reddit accounts, u/greatergermanicreich and u/grobergermanic; however, none of the comments indicated he was planning on committing a shooting. Most of his posts were discussions or debates about other high-profile mass shootings around America. He acknowledged that he researched mass shooters and [[serial killers]], and he seemingly enjoyed debating with others about the tactics, motives, and details about these incidents. Sapirman was also fascinated with [[Nazi Germany]].

== Reactions ==
The mayor of Greenwood, Mark W. Myers, commended Elisjsha Dicken for preventing additional tragedy, stating, "On behalf of the city of Greenwood, I am grateful for his quick action and heroism in this situation."<ref name="react" /> Governor [[Eric Holcomb]], former vice president [[Mike Pence]], representative [[Jim Banks]], representative [[Jackie Walorski]], representative [[Jim Baird (politician)|Jim Baird]], Representative [[Trey Hollingsworth]], Representative [[Greg Pence]], Indiana Attorney General [[Todd Rokita]], and Senator [[Mike Braun]] made similar statements.<ref name=":6" />

In addition to the commendations for Dicken, Indiana House and Senate Democrats, Representative [[Mitch Gore]], and Representative [[André Carson]] also expressed their sympathies towards the victims and their families, as well as speaking about the issue of [[gun violence in the United States]].<ref name=":6" /> Greenwood police chief James Ison said at a news conference that Dicken was a "responsible armed citizen that took action very quickly", and that his actions had been "very proficient".<ref name="bystander">{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/19/us/eli-dicken-indiana-mall-shooting-bystander/index.html|title=What we know about the armed bystander who killed the shooter at an Indiana mall|author=Theresa Waldrop|website=CNN|date=July 19, 2022 }}</ref> According to investigators, Dicken had "no police training and no military training", and was taught how to shoot by his grandfather.<ref name="bystander" />

On July 24, 2022, Sapirman's father and older brother released a statement through an attorney conveying condolences to those affected and that they were "unable to explain [the gunman's] actions", that they were cooperating with law enforcement and that they held "no feelings of hostility toward Mr. Dicken".<ref>{{Cite news|title=Family of Greenwood Park Mall shooter releases statement|url=https://www.wthr.com/amp/article/news/special-reports/greenwood-mall-mass-shooting/family-of-greenwood-park-mall-shooter-releases-statement/531-133db8a0-e893-4946-b785-e67ba38b5701|date=2022-07-24|work=WTHR}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[List of mass shootings in the United States in 2022]]
* [[Indianapolis FedEx shooting]]

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}}

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