The Vet Who Stopped the Synagogue Shooter
For those of you who caught our statewide radio show Montana Talks- we told you about the Navy EOD and Army veteran who helped stop the shooter at the synagogue near San Diego, California.
The Los Angeles Times describes Oscar Stewart and the moment gunfire rang out:
Stewart watched fellow congregants of Poway Chabad jump to their feet and run toward the exits as if in slow motion, away from the violence unfolding in the lobby on Saturday morning, the last day of Passover.
The 51-year-old Army veteran began to follow them. And then, in a split-second decision, he turned around.
It was the Daily Caller piece that first informed us of Stewart's heroism.
The man who fired a semi-automatic weapon inside the Chabad of Poway synagogue in San Diego on Saturday froze, dropped his gun and sprinted to his car when he saw Oscar Stewart come barreling toward him, yelling so loud the priest at a neighboring church could hear.
Stewart, 51, told The Daily Caller on Sunday he doesn’t remember any conscious thought from the moment he heard the gun shots until it was all over — he just acted on instinct to stop the shooter and prevent him from leaving so he couldn’t hurt more people somewhere else. The Iraq combat veteran said his military training kicked in.
Click here for the full story. You'll also read about the heroic off-duty border patrol agent, Jonathan Morales, who chased after the shooter. The Wall Street Journal has this:
In the wake of last year’s attack at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, which killed 11, some places of worship have hired guards. Rabbi Goldstein said his congregation can’t afford that. But he spoke with Mr. Morales “about coming to the synagogue armed, because he’s trained, and I want trained security as much as possible.” The best defense against a killer with a gun is a defender with a gun.
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