Kenney J. Beshears helped to rescue Catherine E. Summers from assault, Carson City, Nevada, December 11, 1997. Ms. Summers, 37, a deputy sheriff, was attempting to detain a disturbed man in the parking lot of a store when the man took her gun from its holster. Ms. Summers and the man then struggled for control of it. Working on a vehicle nearby in the lot, Beshears, 37, mechanic, saw the struggle. He ran to a point behind the assailant, then grasped his arms and pulled them back. The gun fired, the bullet striking the pavement. Two other men who worked in the store arrived and joined in the struggle against the assailant, who outweighed each of the rescuers. One of them pried the assailant’s fingers from the gun while the other grasped him about the neck to help subdue him. The men helped take the assailant, who remained combative, to the pavement and held him there until additional officers arrived shortly and apprehended him.
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