Video shows police attacking transgender shooter in Nashville
2023.03.28 20:52
Video shows police attacking transgender shooter in Nashville
By Daniel Trotta
Budrigannews.com – Rex Engelbert immediately retrieved a rifle from the trunk of his patrol car when he arrived at the Nashville grade school shooting on Monday.
Engelbert fired a series of shots, and three minutes later, the shooter was dead.
On Tuesday, officer body camera footage from the most recent mass shooting in the United States was made available by Nashville police. The footage drew praise for Engelbert and fellow officer Michael Collazo for their swift pursuit of the perpetrator.
“How about we go,” Engelbert coordinated others, as police immediately surrounded the shooter who had killed three 9-year-old younger students and three grown-ups at the Contract School.
The perpetrator, who was armed with two assault-type weapons and a 9 mm pistol, was also pursued by additional officers who have yet to be identified.
Their actions were in contrast to those of the police in Uvalde, Texas, who waited over an hour before storming the shooter during a school shooting in May. In that tragedy, two adults and 19 students were killed.
The police chief, a leading authority on police training, and members of the general public praised the Nashville officers, describing Engelbert and Collazo as heroes on social media and claiming that they saved lives.
When Collazo was contacted by telephone on Tuesday, he responded, “I’m thankful for all that.” He declined to talk for a long time, saying, “I simply need to invest energy with my loved ones.”
According to police, Engelbert is a four-year veteran of the force, whereas Collazo is a nine-year veteran. Collazo had recently filled in as a paramedic with the Specialized squad and had exceptional weapons preparing, Police Boss John Drake told correspondents.
Drake stated at a news conference on Tuesday, “I was really impressed that with all that was going on, the danger, that somebody took control and said ‘let’s go, let’s go, let’s go.'”
According to President Joe Biden, he planned a trip to Nashville and spoke with the officers who stopped the attack.
The officers’ quick transition from their initial room-by-room search to a direct pursuit of the shooter when they heard gunfire impressed the executive director of the National Tactical Officers Association, Thor Eells.
Eells said, “It was as close to perfect as you could realistically expect,” praising their calmness, communication, and skill with weapons.
In Engelbert’s body camera footage, the police approach the shooter. When “reloading” is yelled, Engelbert appears to be the first officer to fire, hitting the shooter with four rounds.
One more official with a long weapon, remaining among Engelbert and Collazo, may have likewise shot a round. After that, Collazo swiftly advances and fires four more shots from his handgun.
In the video captured by Collazo’s body camera, he and other officers are seen running down a hallway toward the gunfire.
Collazo tells Engelbert and the other officer, “Shots fired, shots fired, move,” before confronting the shooter with them.
Collazo presses forward to take the final four shots while the perpetrator is on the ground, telling the shooter to “stop moving!”
According to Collazo, “suspect down, suspect down,” the assailant who has been fatally wounded does not respond.
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