'Hero' customer kills gunman during wild rampage at Tumwater Walmart 
 
 Police investigate shooting at Tumwater Walmart. Police investigate shooting at Tumwater Walmart. Photo: KOMO Photo 
 
 Police investigate shooting at Tumwater Walmart. Police investigate shooting at Tumwater Walmart. Photo: KOMO Photo 
 
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 TUMWATER, Wash. - A Walmart customer is being hailed as a hero Monday after he killed a gunman who shot two other people during a wild panic in Tumwater on Father's Day . 
 
 Customers ran for cover Sunday as the gunman opened fire inside the store, then tried to carjack a car at gunpoint outside in the parking lot. 
 
 "We all just dropped our stuff and ran for our lives," says Caitlin Wallner, who was at the checkout when the suspect opened fire. 
 
 But one customer stood his ground and grabbed his own weapon, killing the gunman. 
 
 "He is a hero," says Brian Adams, who was at the scene and saw the Walmart customer pull out his own weapon and shoot the gunman. "I really think more people could easily have been shot with what this guy was doing. He was just - there were several shots." 
 
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 The bizarre drama actually began earlier, around 5:30 p.m., with a report of a drunk driver going down the road the wrong way near Crosby Road. 
 
 As officers arrived on the scene, they received another call reporting a carjacking and shots fired near Israel Road and Tyee Drive. There, officers found an injured 16-year-old girl but no suspect. Her injuries were not life threatening and she is expected to be OK. 
 
 Shortly afterward, a man believed to be the carjacker showed up at the Tumwater Walmart store in the 5900 block of Littlerock Road SW and opened fire at a display case, police say. The gunman then went outside into the parking lot and fired more shots. 
 
 Megan Chadwick was there, huddled with her four kids as the shooting started. 
 
 "I thought we were in the clear as soon as we got out, and then I just heard four gunshots in a row, the cars crashing and the carts flying at us," she says. 
 
 The gunman tried to hijack a car - but when the driver refused to give it up, the gunman shot him. It was then that Adams saw another Walmart customer jump into action and shoot the gunman dead. Two other customers also reportedly pulled their weapons in case they were needed. 
 
 "Those men who stood up, they are heroes to me," says Chadwick. 
 
 The identity of that hero customer who shot the gunman has not been released. 
 
 The carjacking victim who was shot by the gunman was airlifted to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, where he is listed in critical condition. ||||| CLOSE A gunman injured a teen and shot a man in a pair of carjacking attempts Sunday, before being killed by a bystander outside a Washington state Walmart store. Police say a bystander killed the gunman. (June 18) AP 
 
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 An armed civilian is credited with saving several lives when he stopped a man firing shots at a Walmart in Washington Sunday. 
 
 The Tumwater Police Department identified the deceased gunman Monday as Tim O. Day, 44, of McCleary, Wash. He shot two people and tried carjacking six people. Day also fired shots inside the Walmart, but did not hit anyone inside the store. 
 
 A man who would rather not be identified stopped the crime spree when he shot and killed Day. Police say the 47-year-old man is from Oakville, Washington. He is a pastor, volunteer firefighter, and medic. 
 
 One of the people Day shot remains in critical condition at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle. 
 
 The other, 16-year-old Danner Barton, got shot in the hand by Day after Barton refused to stop his car. 
 
 “I ducked my head and I gunned it,” said Barton, who said Day fired a shot through Barton’s windshield. 
 
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 The bullet lodged in Barton’s steering wheel and hit his hand. 
 
 “My thumb hurts really bad, actually,” said Barton, who was grateful someone stopped Day. 
 
 “Without him how many lives could (Day) have taken?" asked Barton, "So super-thankful for that hero." 
 
 The incident started around 5 p.m. when police were called to a report of a possible carjacking near a gas station. Day approached a family and tried to take their car but was unsuccessful. He fled the scene, driving the wrong way down the highway and entered the city of Tumwater where he crashed his vehicle. 
 
 He left his car and attempted to carjack at least two other vehicles, fired shots and demanded the owners abandon their cars. The suspect successfully carjacked a third vehicle that he drove to Walmart, according to police. 
 
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 Dayentered the Walmart store around 5:30 p.m., fired shots at an ammunition display case and removed some ammunition. 
 
 Two shoppers in the store were legally carrying firearms and heard the shots. The armed civilians followed him to the parking lot where he shot a man while attempting to take his car. 
 
 Day approached a second car, and when the driver backed away, one of the armed citizens shot him. After shooting Day, the civilian immediately retrieved his first aid kit from his car and rendered aid to the victim of the attempted carjacking until help arrived. 
 
 "He is a hero. This (suspect) could have taken out more people, wounded or killed," witness Brian Adams said. "(The suspect) hijacks a car apparently to get here, then hijacks another car. If this customer hadn't done what he did.... Yeah, he's a hero." 
 
 Witness to Tumwater Walmart shooting says bystander that shot and killed suspect is a hero. 
 
 Says that man also rendered aid to victim that was shot. @KING5Seattlepic.twitter.com/Jud3YCtV7a — Michael Crowe (@MichaelReports) June 18, 2018 
 
 The victim was later airlifted to Harborview. He remains listed in critical condition. 
 
 "All of a sudden, you hear this pop or a crash sound. About 15 to 20 seconds, maybe even later, another sound exactly the same," witness John Gerasimczyk said. "I saw everyone else started to exit the area. Some people were moving more slowly, they were still kinda confused what was going on, so I just started shouting, 'go, go, go!'" 
 
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 Investigators say the vehicle stolen during the earlier carjacking was recovered in the Walmart parking lot. 
 
 Investigators say Day has a history of drug and weapons crimes and believe he was high and suffering from mental health issues Sunday. 
 
 Police are not looking for any other suspects. 
 
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– Danner Barton's quick thinking meant he escaped an armed carjacking attempt Sunday with only a bullet wound to his hand. "I ducked my head and I gunned it" as the culprit opened fire in Tumwater, Wash., leaving a bullet lodged in his steering wheel, the 16-year-old tells KING5. Still, he's "super thankful" that a bystander eventually put an end to the violence. That bystander has not been identified by name, but he is a 47-year-old pastor and volunteer firefighter from Oakville, Wash. Police say the pastor shot and killed a carjacker identified as 44-year-old Tim Day in a Walmart parking lot—after Day attempted to steal three vehicles during a chaotic spree, say police. He was firing all the while, including inside the Walmart at one point. Another driver he shot remains hospitalized. Megan Chadwick had just escaped the store with her four kids when Day exited. "I thought we were in the clear … and then I just heard four gunshots in a row," she tells KOMO News. Day was shot dead as he fired on yet another driver, police say. "Without him how many lives could [Day] have taken?" Barton says of the pastor, who also administered first aid to the more seriously wounded driver. "He is a hero," says another witness at Walmart. At least one other bystander present also drew a firearm. "Those men who stood up, they are heroes to me," says Chadwick. Noting Day had a criminal history, police have related the episode to drugs and mental health issues.