Ray Richard Bickel, Jr., saved an indeterminate number of persons from assault, Bonita, California, July 9, 1993. A man entered a real estate office, where several persons, including his ex-wife, were working. After speaking briefly to his ex-wife, the man, who was armed with four guns, shot her to death. From a back room of the office, Bickel, 44, real estate broker, heard the shots. He left the room, approached the assailant, and seized his gun hand. The assailant then struck Bickel in the head repeatedly with a gun that he held in his other hand. In the struggle, the two men went to the floor, to which Bickel pinned the assailant’s hands. Two other employees of the agency responded and helped to disarm and secure the assailant until police arrived and arrested him. Bickel sustained a head wound that required hospital treatment, and he recovered. 68025-7836
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