The news is buzzing with reports of a school shooting in Band, Oregon yesterday. Three students and a teacher are dead, along with the suspected shooter. This is a tragedy, but one that might have been amplified if not for the courageous action of a community member. According to CNN:
A community member who saw the teenager entering Silver Rail Elementary School at about 1 p.m. followed him in before engaging him in gunfire, killing him before responding officers arrived, Krantz said.
Well Done, community member. What we have here is a "good guy with a gun". My thoughts and prayers are with the victims, along with deep respect to that "community member". Without that intervention, this could hae been much worse.
I spent the last 15 years f my career as a School Resource Officer. It is my considered opinion that every school in the nation needs at least one Resource Officer, trained in this very demanding specialty of law enforcement.
Agreed. If a bank can pay one or more individuals to be present during business hours, a public school with resources vastly more precious should be under protections as well.
ReplyDeleteGood Guy is to be highly commended for stopping what could have been much worse. Still have not found a source of the Bad Guy identity and his/her motivation for committing these crimes against younger children.