Man Disarms Gunman Then Runs A Whole Marathon
A man went to Chicago to run in the Chicago Marathon, but ended up disarming a gunman on the way. Jean-Paul LaPierre was on a metro train in Chicago when…
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A man went to Chicago to run in the Chicago Marathon, but ended up disarming a gunman on the way. Jean-Paul LaPierre was on a metro train in Chicago when a man on the train was robbing riders at gunpoint. He confronted the gunman, got the gun away from him and held the man down until police got there. After it was all over Jean-Paul went and ran the entire Chicago Marathon.
Check out the video below of Jean-Paul stopping the gunman.
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