ZoWie wrote: ↑Sun Nov 27, 2022 12:49 pm
Actually a straight guy who was a PTSD combat veteran kicked the shooter's rifle across the floor and then got the shooter's pistol and beat that creep's head bloody with it. Our hero was there only incidentally, since someone dragged, no pun intended, him there for a mutual friend's show. He's been all over the Nooz, and I would be amazed if there isn't eventually a TV movie about the whole thing. It's one of those stories that gets you right here [pointing at chest].
The hetero guy, Maj. Fierro, is getting all of the credit, but there were two vets who stopped the murderer.
Hero who helped thwart Colorado Springs gunman: 'I would shield everyone I could' - ABC News
Naval petty officer Thomas James was one of two veterans hailed as heroes.
One of the two men credited as heroes for stopping the Colorado Springs gunman as he searched for more victims, has spoken from his hospital bed.
U.S. Navy Petty Officer, Second Class, Thomas James helped U.S. Army veteran Richard Fierro subdue the alleged gunman, 22-year-old Anderson Lee Aldrich, after Aldrich stormed LGBTQ nightclub Club Q in Colorado Springs on Nov. 19. The mass shooting claimed the lives of five people and injured more than a dozen, according to law enforcement.
After Fierro confronted Aldrich, yanking him from behind and causing him to fall, James aided in fighting with Aldrich to make sure he could not reach the firearms he had dropped, Fierro told ABC News last week.
"At that moment, me, Thomas, ... we're all trying to keep everybody alive," Fierro said. "... everybody was a hero that day."
One of the two men credited as heroes for stopping the Colorado Springs gunman as he searched for more victims, has spoken from his hospital bed.
U.S. Navy Petty Officer, Second Class, Thomas James helped U.S. Army veteran Richard Fierro subdue the alleged gunman, 22-year-old Anderson Lee Aldrich, after Aldrich stormed LGBTQ nightclub Club Q in Colorado Springs on Nov. 19. The mass shooting claimed the lives of five people and injured more than a dozen, according to law enforcement.
MORE: Colorado club shooting: Army veteran who stopped suspected gunman says 'everybody was a hero'
After Fierro confronted Aldrich, yanking him from behind and causing him to fall, James aided in fighting with Aldrich to make sure he could not reach the firearms he had dropped, Fierro told ABC News last week.
"At that moment, me, Thomas, ... we're all trying to keep everybody alive," Fierro said. "... everybody was a hero that day."
One of the two men credited as heroes for stopping the Colorado Springs gunman as he searched for more victims, has spoken from his hospital bed.
U.S. Navy Petty Officer, Second Class, Thomas James helped U.S. Army veteran Richard Fierro subdue the alleged gunman, 22-year-old Anderson Lee Aldrich, after Aldrich stormed LGBTQ nightclub Club Q in Colorado Springs on Nov. 19. The mass shooting claimed the lives of five people and injured more than a dozen, according to law enforcement.
MORE: Colorado club shooting: Army veteran who stopped suspected gunman says 'everybody was a hero'
After Fierro confronted Aldrich, yanking him from behind and causing him to fall, James aided in fighting with Aldrich to make sure he could not reach the firearms he had dropped, Fierro told ABC News last week.
"At that moment, me, Thomas, ... we're all trying to keep everybody alive," Fierro said. "... everybody was a hero that day."
One of the two men credited as heroes for stopping the Colorado Springs gunman as he searched for more victims, has spoken from his hospital bed.
U.S. Navy Petty Officer, Second Class, Thomas James helped U.S. Army veteran Richard Fierro subdue the alleged gunman, 22-year-old Anderson Lee Aldrich, after Aldrich stormed LGBTQ nightclub Club Q in Colorado Springs on Nov. 19. The mass shooting claimed the lives of five people and injured more than a dozen, according to law enforcement.
After Fierro confronted Aldrich, yanking him from behind and causing him to fall, James aided in fighting with Aldrich to make sure he could not reach the firearms he had dropped, Fierro told ABC News last week.
In a statement released from the hospital, James said during the chaos of the shooting he "simply wanted to save the family I found."
"If I had my way, I would shield everyone I could from the nonsensical acts of hate in the world, but I am only one person," he said.
A CBS News story has an additional quote: “
When you come out, come out swinging.” I couldn’t agree more. Protect yourself from these people, and bash right back.