Dixon Police Officer Mark Dallas stops school shooter
The Chicago Tribune reports that Dixon, Illinois Police Officer Mark Dallas is considered a hero because he ran to the sound of gunfire in Dixon High School and stopped a determined gunman before he could injure any of the students;
The officer, identified by the city as 15-year department veteran Mark Dallas, shot and injured the gunman after the suspect fired at the officer while trying to flee, police said.
The suspect, identified as 19-year-old former student Matthew A. Milby, was taken into custody, and no one else was injured in the gunfire exchange, authorities said.
Late Wednesday, officials confirmed that they have charged Milby with felony aggravated discharge of a weapon and set his bond at $2 million. Illinois State Police said the investigation continues and more charges could be forthcoming.
From CNN;
The 19-year-old former student opened fire near the school auditorium where students had gathered for graduation ceremony rehearsal, the statement said.
The suspect fled the school and Dallas chased him, Dixon Police Chief Steven Howell said in a news conference. The suspect continued to shoot at the officer and the officer returned fire, Howell said.
The suspect was taken to a hospital for non-life threatening injuries. He will be transported to jail after he’s released from the hospital, state police said.
Category: Police
BZ!
Illinois Police Officer Mark Dallas did his job right, he didn’t puss out and run like the Coward County FL Deputy did, but media coverage of when things go right? *crickets*
BZ Mark Dallas, well done!
Whaddaya know? An ACTUAL good guy with a gun, as opposed to a sniveling pussy!
Cowards of Broward, pay close attention to how this real lawman acquitted himself. Observe the stark differences between his conduct and your own.
They don’t care.
The Broward schools are still stonewalling, if not outright lying about what happened in February.
So is the Broward Cowards Sheriff’s Department. Not just what happened in February, but the whole “Promise Program”.
The Broward Coward is retired and sitting at home with an $8,7000.00 monthly pension.
Yeah, I hope he is pleased with himself and enjoys a long retirement. That way, he can daily recall the day his moment of truth came and that he cowered, immobile, while kids were being slaughtered.
I hope it hang around his neck like a millstone.
May he live the remainder of his life dwelling on his failure at his personal moment of truth, and on the consequences of that failure. And afterwards, may he face Ultimate Judgement – and be found lacking.
And may the faces of the young dead haunt both his dreams and every waking moment for eternity.
Disgusting.
I wouldn’t be able to live with myself if I was him.
Agreed. Words could not describe my disgrace ifn I were in his shoes.
I would’ve suckstarted a sidearm within 48-72 hours. But that’s just me.
My sentiments, exactly. Unfortunately, he likely feels no shame over his cowardice.
One too many zeros? Gotta say that’s one hell of a pension.
He was making over $100k a year as a school cop before. It’s amazing what slugs in government get away with.
A refund to the taxpayer is clearly due.
Talk about a bum steer…
That gelded gadfly could have been replaced by a cardboard cutout of a shrinking violet.
It should read a monthly retirement of $8,702.00, or $104,424 per annum.
That’s likely what he was thinking about when his moment for action came and he failed to act.
Alabama’s Broussard would say, “2 million dollars bail! Doesn’t the judge know the defendant is innocent until proven guilty!”
I am happy that the Dixon police officer actually did his job.
That Dixon police officer failed.
The perp shot at him, giving him PID (positive identification), so he could have shot the perp DRT and remove him from the board game of life.
Now the perp is going to be released by the state of illinois.
He’s in custody with felony charge(s), and no one else was injured in the exchange. I call that a win, Yef.
YEF! Turn off the TV! You’re supposed to be buffing the dayroom, not watching DRAGNET reruns! What’s next, expecting Lone Ranger shoot-the-gun-out-of-the-bad-guy’s-hand crap? This ain’t Hollywood!
NO huffing the floor wax and don’t forget about Afternoon Police Call Detail!
Apparently in all of his infantry experience, Yef has never gone to the range and done a “stress shoot.”
I’d say using a pistol to engage after running any distance only increased the difficulty.
The most stressful thing Yef experiences regularly is getting his ass chewed by his 1SG. Happens occasionally when he is slow getting coffee or getting on that M-1A floor buffer.
Great that he stopped the shooter, but he needs to work on his marksmanship skills. That shooter should never have lived to be taken into custody.
He stopped the threat; he did his job as trained. BZ officer.
And don’t forget, for the charge of bringing a fire arm into a gun free zone, he will be Trespassed by the School District and will forever be banned from their property. I bet he didn’t think about that when he hatched his plans.
How about a charge of Attempted murder on a Police Officer?
Not that I hope for injuries, but is it not strange that out of multiple rounds fired by the suspect at students and the cop that the only reported injury was to said perp?
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