A man harassed Kevin Alkinburg, 24, who was walking on a public street with his female partner, 23, in Washington, District of Columbia, July 31, 2021. The man demanded the couple kiss and followed them for about 50 feet, eventually aiming a fully loaded revolver at Alkinburg’s midsection. A 22-year-old law firm intern, Wyatt Tucker Shields, of Atlanta, saw the assailant aim the gun at Alkinburg and ran toward the assailant, tackling him to the ground as the gun discharged. The gun clattered away and was removed from the assailant’s reach. Alkinburg and Shields held the assailant to the ground until police arrived. Shields chipped some teeth and cut his lip in the altercation, and he lost hearing in his left ear for a month from the gunshot, but he recovered. The assailant was arrested, pled guilty to several related crimes, and was sentenced to about a year in prison.
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