Parent tackles elderly gunman who opened fire at Texas high school band competition

An aged gunman opened occurrence astatine a Texas precocious schoolhouse set contention implicit the weekend, leaving 1 idiosyncratic wounded. However, a genitor tackled him and others helped disarm and detain the suspect.

The incidental occurred astir 6 p.m. connected Saturday evening astatine Pasadena Memorial High School erstwhile the fishy fired a small-caliber gun, officials said. Pasadena is simply a suburb of Houston.

Dwight Benjamin, a percussion method advisor for the Angleton Independent School District, was changeable successful the enarthrosis and taken to the infirmary successful unchangeable condition, officials said.

Then the genitor tackled the man, who was surrounded rapidly by schoolhouse territory constabulary and “several bully Samaritans.”

“Within 60 seconds, a fishy was disarmed and they prevented further shooting by this suspect,” Pasadena Police Department Chief Jerry Wright said astatine a quality conference.

The parents who jumped successful to assistance were identified arsenic 13-year Air Force seasoned Abram Trevino, 14-year Army seasoned Adam Curow, 4-year Marine Corps seasoned Efrain ‘Polo’ Castillo and seasoned Houston constabulary sergeant Joe Sanchez, according to KHOU-TV. They are among a radical of Pearland High School dads who assistance retired astatine set events.

“I deliberation anybody with our corporate backgrounds would conscionable bash that, conscionable retired of nature,” Trevino told Fox 26.

Pasadena constabulary identified the fishy arsenic Erwin Brandl Jr., 83. He told officers helium thought helium was being chased and feared for his and his wife’s safety. Police said helium near his location successful Spring, Texas to the schoolhouse — astir 40 miles southbound — and had nary anterior transportation to the school.

His bond was acceptable astatine $80,000 and helium was charged with aggravated battle with a deadly weapon.

The set lawsuit was canceled successful the aftermath and nary students were injured.