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An American woman has shot dead a man who opened fire with automatic weapons on a crowd of people in Charleston, USA. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Dennis Butler, a 37-year-old with numerous criminal records, was killed after attacking a group of about 40 people attending a birthday party.<\/p>\n
Police spokesman Tony Hazelett said the woman’s quick reaction may have prevented a massacre.<\/p>\n
The event comes amid the U.S. national gun debate following the Texas school massacre.<\/p>\n
Butler had come to the area Wednesday night when someone had asked him to slow down because there were kids playing.<\/p>\n
After a small confrontation he had returned with an AR-15 submachine gun and opened fire on the party that was taking place outside an apartment building in the city.<\/p>\n
The official said the woman who killed the attacker had no experience with law enforcement and has not been publicly identified.<\/p>\n
“She is just a member of the community who by law carried her weapon. “And instead of running away from the threat, she faced the threat and saved many lives.”<\/p>\n
The woman had stayed at the scene after the incident and is cooperating with authorities.<\/p>\n
Police said no charges would be filed against her.<\/p>\n
Police said Butler was found dead at the scene with several gunshot wounds.<\/p>\n
The officer did not say how Butler found his machine gun – as he was not allowed to carry it as a former convict.<\/p>\n
The killing comes after the teenager’s massacre that killed 21 people at an elementary school in Texas with an AR-15 assault rifle that had been legally purchased.<\/p>\n
The attack was the worst of its kind in a decade in the U.S. and has rekindled the debate over personal gun ownership, which is protected by the U.S. constitution.<\/p>\n
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