Crime | Gabrielle Giffords 61-Year-Old Woman Stopped Gunman From Reloading Patricia Maisch pulled ammo away from Loughner By Matt Cantor Posted Jan 10, 2011 6:30 AM CST Updated Jan 10, 2011 7:52 AM CST Copied Patricia Maisch, 61, talks to the media outside her home in Tucson, Ariz., Sunday, Jan. 9, 2011. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson) Talk about a brave 61-year-old: Patricia Maisch is being called a hero after wrenching away the Tucson shooter’s ammunition, preventing him from reloading as she helped press him to the ground, ABC News reports. Maisch was in line to meet Rep. Gabrielle Giffords when the shooting began. She threw herself to the ground to dodge the attack, and found Jared Lee Loughner “next to me on the ground” after he was laid low by another bystander. A trio of men—Bill Badger, Roger Sulzgeber, and Joseph Zimudie—had "knocked him down" and sat on him as she held his ankles. "I kneeled over him. He was pulling a magazine and I grabbed the magazine and secured that." "I think the men got the gun, and I was able to get the magazine," preventing him from reloading, Maisch said. Click for more on the four heroes. Read These Next RFK Jr. suggests antidepressants to blame after shooting. Isolated tribe members show up in an unexpected place. A government watchdog is warning the FAA about meteorologists. Those chips and cookies could wreak havoc on your fertility. Report an error