A concealed carry gun owner attempted to intervene in a domestic dispute and was shot dead.
T.J. Antell, a former Marine and Crossfit gym owner, was killed on Monday when he tried to disarm a fleeing shooter and was shot.
Antell, 35, watched a domestic dispute between and man and a woman outside a Walgreens in Arlington, Texas. The man fired a gun twice, with one bullet hitting the woman. He then got into his vehicle in the parking lot and tried to flee the scene.
That’s when Antell got into his vehicle and grabbed his own gun before approaching the shooter, Arlington police stated, according to the Dallas Morning News.
The shooter didn’t listen to Antell’s commands when he ordered him to stop and instead shot him in the head. He was pronounced dead on the scene, police said.
The shooter turned himself into authorities.
Ricci Bradden, a 22-year-old soldier at Fort Hood, now faces murder charges and is being held on $500,000 bond, said Arlington police.
Bradden was seen driving away from the scene when he called in and confessed to several Army supervisors at Fort Hood. FOX4 reported that he slapped the gun out of Antell’s hand and shot him.
Bradden then called his father, who advised him to turn himself into police. The two men then drove to a Texas Department of Public Safety in Hill County where Bradden turned himself in.
