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Hero Elisjsha Dicken stopped Indiana mall gunman in 15 seconds, not two minutes, police say

It turns out Elisjsha Dicken didn’t need two minutes to take out the mass shooter terrorizing shoppers at a mall in Greenwood, Indiana.

Greenwood Police Chief James Ison released a corrected statement Tuesday saying that it took only 15 seconds for Mr. Dicken to fire his first shot hitting the gunman during the deadly Sunday attack at the Greenwood Park Mall.

“I would like to make a correction on a statement made yesterday at the 2 p.m. press conference [Monday] concerning the Greenwood Park Mall shooting,” Chief Ison said. “There was an error in the timeline of events given.