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A quick-thinking Texas summer camp counselor helped slow down a gunman who walked onto the campus and opened fire before police, who responded quickly, took out the shooter before any children were harmed.
Police have identified 42-year-old Brandon Keith Ned of Dallas, Texas as the shooter and have not yet determined a possible motive for the shooting.
Brandon Ned, 42, of Dallas, was identified as the man armed with a gun who entered a summer camp in Duncanville, Texas, on Monday morning, authorities said.
(Dallas County Sheriff’s Office)
Police say they started receiving calls at 8:43 a.m. that a man had fired shots at the Duncanville Fieldhouse, where a summer camp with roughly 250 children is housed. Two minutes later, officers arrived at the scene and neutralized the shooter after a summer school staffer engaged with the shooter as kids were locked down, WFAA-TV reported.
The camp counselor confronted the suspected gunman in the lobby of the school as the children were ushered by staff to an area behind locked doors where the gunman could not enter, Duncanville Assistant Police Chief Matthew Stogner told WFAA-TV.
“[He] did fire one round inside the classroom where there were children inside,” Stogner said. “Fortunately, no one was injured.”
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Police shot and killed a man armed with a gun after he walked into the Duncanville Fieldhouse, where 150 youths were attending a summer camp, police said.
(FOX4 Dallas-Fort Worth KDFW)
When officers arrived, the gunman had moved to the gymnasium where children were reportedly present. At that time, officers exchanged fire with the suspect and neutralized him. He was taken to the hospital with injuries where he later died.
“Our officers did not hesitate,” Duncanville Mayor Barry Gordon said. “They did what they were trained to do and saved lives.”
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