WATCH: Hero who disarmed California gunman describes nightmare incident | Washington Examiner

The 26-year-old said he did not recognize the man and had never seen him before.

“He didn’t seem like he was here for any money. He wasn’t here to rob us,” according to Tsay. “When he was looking around the room, it seemed like he was looking for targets, people to harm.”

When Tsay saw the suspect, identified by police as 72-year-old Huu Can Tran, readying his weapon, he said, “something came over me.”

“I realized I needed to get the weapon away from him,” he said. “I needed to take this weapon, disarm him, or else everybody would have died.”

“When I got the courage, I lunged at him with both my hands, grabbed the weapon, and we had a struggle,” he continued. “We struggled into the lobby, trying to get this gun away from each other. He was hitting me across the face, bashing the back of my head. I was trying to use my elbows to separate the gun away from him.”

Eventually, Tsay said he was able to get the weapon away from the suspect and “shove him” aside.

I pointed the gun “at him, intimidate him, shout at him and say, ‘Get the Hell out of here! I’ll shoot! Get away! Go!'”

The suspect just stood there in front of him, Tsay said.

“I really thought I would have to shoot him if he came at me,” Tsay said. “This is when he turned around, walked out the door, and jogged back to his van.”

Following the incident, Tsay contacted the police.

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Brave man. By all rights, he should be dead.