Richard M. Fierro and other patrons, including a drag queen who stomped on the shooter with her heels, were credited with saving “dozens and dozens of lives'
at Club Q closely matches descriptions given by the police, city officials and the club’s owners, who reviewed security footage, reports the. When one club owner, Nic Grzecka, was shown a photo of Mr. Fierro, he said that he looked like the man who took down the gunman.When the gunfire started, Fierro said that he looked across the room and saw the shooter standing at the door. “I ran across the bar, grabbed the guy from the back and pulled him down and pinned him against the stairs,” he said.
“I grabbed the gun out of his hand and just started hitting him in the head, over and over,” Mr. Fierro said. He said he yelled for other patrons to help him. A man near the shooter moved the rifle to safety. A drag dancer kicked the gunman with her high heels while Fierro continued to beat the attacker’s head while blood pooled around them. When police arrived, Fierro said that the shooter was no longer struggling.At first, Fierro said officers tackled, handcuffed, and put him in a police car for more than an hour before releasing him to be reunited with his wife and daughter.
Military records show that Fierro served as an Army field artillery officer from 1999 to 2013, and that he rose to the rank of major before leaving the service, according to the
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