{"id":82229,"date":"2018-10-09T07:42:31","date_gmt":"2018-10-09T11:42:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=82229"},"modified":"2022-01-13T20:33:33","modified_gmt":"2022-01-14T01:33:33","slug":"army-veteran-patrick-shields-stops-shooter-at-high-school-football-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=82229","title":{"rendered":"Army veteran Patrick Shields stops shooter at high school football game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/nation-now\/2018\/10\/06\/army-veteran-patrick-shields-stops-shooter-haywood-football-game\/1552410002\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone \" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/986f0053-accd-4846-afe0-2f6e897c5e16-Patrick_SHields-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"299\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The quick thinking of Patrick Shields kept a bad situation from potentially becoming much worse.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"speakable-p-1 p-text\">A homecoming celebration quickly transitioned to dangerous chaos Friday night after a football game in Tennessee,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/2NrjnyH\" data-track-label=\"inline|intext|n\/a\">but the quick thinking of a civilian<\/a>\u00a0kept a bad situation from potentially becoming much worse.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable-p-2 p-text\">Two victims \u2013 Demetrius Harper and Cameshia Murphy \u2013 were shot, according to a report from the Brownsville Police Department. Both were treated and released.\u00a0Harper was hit twice in the back and Murphy was hit in the foot.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-text\">The shooter, a 16-year-old juvenile, was quickly apprehended \u2013 thanks to Patrick Shields.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-text\">Shields is a 1996 graduate of Haywood High School who has served in the Army for 22 years, including three deployments. He currently serves in the National Guard.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-text\">He watched his son, Taylor, and the rest of the Tomcat football team win their homecoming game over neighboring rival Crockett County on Friday night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-text\">But he didn\u2019t expect his military training to become necessary while he and his brother were cleaning up their tailgating area after the game.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ad-position-60\" class=\"partner-placement partner-spike partner-placement-visible\" data-ad-placement=\"native-article_link\" data-ad-sizes=\"[&quot;fluid&quot;,[3,3]]\" data-monetization-id=\"native-article_link\" data-monetization-sizes=\"fluid,3,3\">\n<div id=\"ad-slot-7103-usatoday-native-article_link-news-national-4\" class=\"ad-slot\" data-google-query-id=\"CKL7o_Wc-N0CFRcZgQodTFQGVQ\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_7103\/usatoday\/native-article_link\/news\/national_0__container__\"><iframe id=\"google_ads_iframe_7103\/usatoday\/native-article_link\/news\/national_0\" title=\"3rd party ad content\" name=\"google_ads_iframe_7103\/usatoday\/native-article_link\/news\/national_0\" width=\"3\" height=\"3\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" data-load-complete=\"true\" data-integralas-id-d0746e05-7dd9-0f28-1925-4da144aba542=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"p-text\">\u201cMy brother and I were cleaning up, and we heard a bunch of kids hollering and yelling across the street at Walgreen\u2019s, but we didn\u2019t know what was going on,\u201d Shields said. \u201cThen we heard sounds like fireworks \u2026 like pow pow pow.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-text\">\u201cAnd I looked over there and saw the flame coming out of a pistol, and a bunch of the kids were running toward us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-text\">Shields said he saw the shooter and the gun in his hand.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-text\">\u201cIt looked like he was aiming for one person, but I don\u2019t know who,\u201d Shields said. \u201cThey were all running toward us, but he wasn\u2019t shooting in our direction.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"partner-outstream\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"p-text\">Shields said he had a few seconds to decide\u00a0what he would do when he got within arm\u2019s length of the shooter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-text\">\u201cI grabbed him by the arm that was holding the gun and pulled him toward me and threw him up against the fence,\u201d Shields said. \u201cThen I grabbed him by the back of the shirt and got him on the ground.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-text\">A police officer was already headed in that direction and he was there quickly. Brownsville Police Assistant Chief Kelvin Evans was on the scene quickly as well and helped put handcuffs on the suspect and take him away.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-text\">The shooter is charged with criminal attempt to commit first-degree murder, aggravated assault and reckless endangerment. He\u2019s being held in the juvenile detention center.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-text\">A statement from Brownsville Police Chief Barry Diebold commended Shields for his work.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-text\">\u201cMr. Shields\u2019 quick thinking saved many lives,\u201d Diebold\u2019s said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Source: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jacksonsun.com\/story\/news\/local\/2018\/10\/06\/army-vet-stopped-shooter-haywood-football-game-friday\/1551919002\">Army veteran Patrick Shields stops shooter at high school football game<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The quick thinking of Patrick Shields kept a bad situation from potentially becoming much worse. 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