Springville, Utah • A passer-by carrying a concealed pistol is being credited with stopping an attack on a police officer in central Utah.
Derek Meyer told FOX13 was driving Friday afternoon in Springville when he saw a policeman scuffling with someone near a clothes donation bin.
He aimed the gun at the man assaulting the policeman and yelled at him to stop.
The suspect — later identified as Paul Douglas Anderson of Spanish Fork— ran from the scene, but was later arrested.
Anderson is jailed on suspicion of assaulting a police officer, resisting arrest and other charges.