ZIP Advertisement I never expected I would touch my gun : Dad pulls gun to protect family in Nebraska mall shooting Share Updated: 10:21 AM MDT Apr 20, 2021 Sarah Fili Reporter I never expected I would touch my gun : Dad pulls gun to protect family in Nebraska mall shooting Share Updated: 10:21 AM MDT Apr 20, 2021
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Show Transcript MY DAUGHTER’S GETTING A BAPTIZED NEXT WEEKEND. AND SO I WANTED TO GET A NICE SPECIAL FOR HER BAPTISM AS SCOTT. TIFF WAS TRYING ON A SUIT IN VON MAUR SATURDAY. HIS WATCHED A SHOP. HE NOTICED COMMOTION AND SAW PEOPLE RUNNING ONE MAN MADE EYE CONTACT WITH HIM. I LOOKED IN HIS EYES AND HE YELLED. SHOOTER SCOTT TOOK OFF UPSTAIRS TO FIND HIS FAMILY AS HE DID. HE GRABBED HIS GUN. HIS WIFE TOLD HIM. SHE HEARD GUNFIRE. EVERY INDICATION SAID OUR LIVES WERE IN DANGER AND I WAS GOING TO DO EVERYTHING I COULD TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GOT OUT OF THERE. OKAY. HE’S A LEGAL CONCEALED CARRY PERMI
Updated: 8:33 AM CDT Apr 20, 2021 Sarah Fili Reporter A dad said the choice was easy to grab his concealed carry weapon and protect his family as gunfire erupted at Westroads Mall in Omaha Saturday. My daughter is getting baptized next weekend so I wanted to get a nice special outfit for her baptism,” Scott Tafoya said.As Tafoya was trying on a suit in Von Maur Saturday, his wife and two daughters went upstairs to shop.He noticed commotion and saw people running. One man made eye contact with him. I looked in his eyes and he yelled, ‘Shooter, ” Tafoya said.He took off upstairs to find his family.As he did, he grabbed his gun.His wife told him she heard gunfire. Every indication said our lives were in danger and I was going to do everything in my power to make sure we got out of there OK,” Tafoya said.He s a legal conceal carry permit holder, even though Westroads Mall is a weapon-free zone. I knew that if I ever pulled that out it would truly