In the 1980's a gay molester assaulted a young boy and fled the state (Louisiana) before trial. They caught the perv and announced his return flight on the news.

As you can imagine, lots of well-wishers showed, kind of like for Lee Oswald....

Among the crowd was the boy's gun toting Dad who dropped the perv dead and then dropped his own gun.

I think ol Dad got a firearms violation or something. The community thought he was a hero.