Three victims were killed and two more were wounded in the attack.
The Tuesday statement was issued to correct a timeline of the shooting that authorities provided on Monday. Previously, police said two minutes had passed before 22-year-old Elisjsha Dicken stopped the shooter, who police identified as 20-year-old Jonathan Sapirman.
A preliminary autopsy report released Tuesday said Sapirman was shot eight times and died from his wounds. Police previously said the incident began at approximately 4:54 p.m. local time, when the shooter entered the mall and went to a food court bathroom. He was in there just over an hour. He left the bathroom at 5:56 p.m., and began shooting immediately, killing three people and wounding two before he was shot by Dicken.
"Many more people would have died last night if not for a responsible armed citizen who took action within the first two minutes of this shooting," Ison said, calling his actions"nothing short of heroic." Dicken had been visiting the mall with his girlfriend at the time of the shooting, according to Ison.
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