Metropolitan Nashville Police Department officers Rex Engelbert and Michael Collazo fatally wounded the Nashville school shooter, the department said. Here's what we know about them:
Engelbert and Collazo were not made available for interviews and the police department didn't release any further information. Body camera footage shows Engelbert, a four-year veteran of the MNPD, pulling up to The Covenant School and grabbing a rifle from the trunk of his police car. He unlocks the school doors, saying,"Let's go, I need three," as he enters the school with three other officers.
The police team canvases the downstairs rooms until Engelbert hears shots from above,"it sounds like it's coming from upstairs," he says and runs straight up the school stairwell. Alarms whirring and booming rifle shots could be heard in the footage as the officers locate the shooter three minutes after entering the school. Engelbert fires his rifle at the shooter.The Chicago Tribune.
A Chicago native, Englebert graduated from Loyola Academy, a Jesuit school, in 2014. In a statement, the school said it recognized the role that the"quick response" of Engelbert played in the school shooting and that it will"pray for him and all our first responders who are called to a life of service to others every day."Officer Michael Collazo is seen in the bodycamera footage running up the school's stairs with three other police officers.
His actions also did not surprise friends and family that know the nine-year MNPD veteran and Marine Corps veteran. His sisterCollazo served six years in the Marine Corps until 2016, reaching the rank of sergeant, sources confirmed to CBS News. While serving, Collazo was awarded a Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, among other accolades. Collazo was last stationed in Smyrna, Tennessee.
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