American Military News by Liz George May 27, 2021
An armed teacher stopped a kidnapping when he used his firearm while confronting a man who grabbed a child playing on a playground on Tuesday, according to authorities.
“An employee was watching the kids from the inside and observed the suspect walk up to this 11-year-old girl [on the playground] and put his hands on her in an attempt to take her,” said Lt. Brian Eynon of the Ogden City Police Department, according to ABC 4. “He ran outside, the employee did, and confronted the suspect. At that same time, the girl had the ability to pull away from the suspect.”
After thwarting the kidnapping, the teacher managed to get all 20 students inside the school, at which point the suspect approach the building and started hitting a window in an effort to force his way inside.
The teacher took out his firearm and held the suspect — later identified as 41-year-old Ira Cox-Berry — at gunpoint while calling 9-11 until police arrived.
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