Nashville police officers at Christian school shooting give harrowing firsthand account of taking out suspect

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Nashville Police Officers Rex Engelbert and Michael Collazo detailed at a press conference how they rushed to The Convenant School, passed victims and eventually fired on Audrey Hale.

who stopped the transgender shooting suspect accused of killing six people at a Christian school last week spoke out for the first time at a press conference Tuesday, detailing each of their personal accounts of rushing into the building, passing victims and ultimately taking out the threat.

"I really had no business being where I was. I think you can call it fate or God or whatever you want, but I can’t count on both my hands the irregularities that put me in that position when a call for service came out for an active deadly aggression at a school. I immediately turned on my lights and sirens knowing the severity of such a call," Engelbert said."I’ve been to I don’t know how many false active deadly aggression calls.

"We cleared the hallway we had, room by room, until we made it into the lobby," the officer said, describing when he and other officers first made entry."When I did hear stimulus, I couldn’t get to it fast enough. I just looked for the nearest staircase I could find because I could tell it was above my head. Eventually, following the guidance of other officers, I luckily deployed my rifle, kept walking toward the sound of gunfire.

"Work wasn’t over, we didn’t know if there was another threat," Engelbert said of the time after taking out the shooter."Immediately took teammates I’m not used to working with started clearing rooms, escorting children, teachers along. There were more personnel and resources at this time. I was able to guide them out."

 

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If I have read correctly it was the 2nd shooter, with the pistol, that was a USMC vet. Engelbert is a stud to be sure.

*Spectacular* trigger discipline.

The two brave National officers who took out the shooter should be invited to the White House

Well done lads !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You are heroes and I thank you for your service!

The manifesto. The manifesto The manifesto.

Real hero cops, who don’t wait to hear from politicians if they can take out a insane person

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