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Tampa Police Department(TAMPA, Fla.)  Three "heroic" security guards stopped an armed man from entering a Florida strip club and helped to avert a possible mass shooting, police said. In dramatic surveillance video released by the Tampa Police Department on Tuesday, a man can be seen walking toward the door of the club, Mons Venus, early Sunday morning wearing a red "devil mask." He wielded a flashlight in one hand and a fully loaded 9 mm handgun in the other, according to police. He also had the words "kill" and "darkk [sic] one" on his arms, police said. A "watchful and alert" security guard saw the man and attempted to take the firearm, Interim Tampa Police Chief Lee Bercaw said during a press briefing Tuesday. The security guard, Manuel Resto, told reporters he noticed the red mask as the man took "measured steps" toward the door. "I was like, OK, it s not Halloween," Resto said, recalling his confusion. R

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