Armed vet helps police stop fleeing suspect: ‘Don’t make me kill you, because I will'

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An armed military veteran working at a Georgia food bank helped police by holding a suspect being chased by officers at gunpoint until they arrived.

William Joyner, a quick-thinking manager at Feeding GA Families and a military veteran, sprung into action on Monday evening in College Park, Georgia, when a suspect being chased by police rushed through the food bank parking lot with a gun, WAGA-TV reported.

After a fellow worker told him about the situation, Joyner grabbed his gun, chambered a round, and rushed outside to assist.

Joyner can be seen on security footage rushing outside with his gun drawn before confronting the suspect.

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"I told him to go to the ground, the police are on their way," Joyner told WAGA-TV reporter Rob DiRienzo. "Just go to your knees with your hands up."

The suspect, identified by police as 20-year-old Jordan Shelley, refused to show his other hand, according to Joyner.

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"The whole time his hand was sliding down toward the gun," Joyner explained. "I was telling him, don’t make me kill you, because I will."

At that point, a College Park police officer came around the corner with a taser and arrested the suspect.

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