{"id":91740,"date":"2018-05-17T13:36:18","date_gmt":"2018-05-17T17:36:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/?p=91740"},"modified":"2018-05-17T13:36:18","modified_gmt":"2023-08-30T19:49:48","slug":"illinois-resource-officer-shoots-gunman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/illinois-resource-officer-shoots-gunman\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;He&#8217;s a hero,&#8217; Illinois Resource Officer Shoots Gunman to Prevent Massacre"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_91741\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/dallas.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"illinois-resource-officer-shoots-gunman\" title=\"'He's a hero,' Illinois Resource Officer Shoots Gunman to Prevent Massacre\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-91741\" title=\"'He's a hero,' Illinois Resource Officer Shoots Gunman to Prevent Massacre\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-91741\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/dallas-400x267.jpg\" alt=\"'He's a hero,' Illinois Resource Officer Shoots Gunman to Prevent Massacre\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/dallas-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/dallas-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/dallas.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-91741\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Student Resource Officer Mark Dallas.\u00a0 Good guys with guns do save lives!\u00a0 \u00a0(<em>Photo: City of Dixon\/AP<\/em>)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A school resource officer in Illinois is being hailed as a hero after he successfully subdued an armed intruder who fired several shots near a crowded gymnasium.<\/p>\n<p>In stark contrast to the massacre in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/florida-students-hold-walkout-to-support-2a-constitution\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"illinois-resource-officer-shoots-gunman\" title=\"'He's a hero,' Illinois Resource Officer Shoots Gunman to Prevent Massacre\">Parkland, Florida<\/a>, Dixon High School Resource Officer Mark Dallas proved yesterday how one individual with a firearm can prevent tragedy.<\/p>\n<p>When Dallas heard shots being fired during a graduation rehearsal in the school\u2019s gym, he charged towards the former Dixon High School student and forced him to retreat, police Chief Steven Howell\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/news\/local\/breaking\/ct-met-dixon-school-shooting-20180516-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"illinois-resource-officer-shoots-gunman\" title=\"'He's a hero,' Illinois Resource Officer Shoots Gunman to Prevent Massacre\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The suspect, who authorities have identified as 19-year-old Matthew A. Milby, fired at Dallas as he fled, and Dallas fired back. One of Dallas\u2019 shots landed, and authorities took Milby into custody with non-life-threatening injuries.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI could not be more proud of the police officer and the way he responded to the situation,\u201d Howell <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DixonPolice\/status\/996895198180511745\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"illinois-resource-officer-shoots-gunman\" title=\"'He's a hero,' Illinois Resource Officer Shoots Gunman to Prevent Massacre\">said<\/a>. \u201cWith shots ringing through the hallways of the school, he charged toward the suspect and confronted him head on. Because of his heroic actions, countless lives were saved. We are forever indebted to him for his service and his bravery.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Officials have charged Milby with felony aggravated discharge of a weapon and set his bond at $2 million. It is unclear how he acquired a firearm, and the type of firearm he used has not been reported. In any case, opening fire in a gymnasium full of students would have doubtless resulted in multiple casualties. But because of Dallas\u2019 actions, no one was injured, authorities <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DixonPolice\/status\/996906648504619010\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"illinois-resource-officer-shoots-gunman\" title=\"'He's a hero,' Illinois Resource Officer Shoots Gunman to Prevent Massacre\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>SEE ALSO:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/breaking-armed-resource-officer-stops-maryland-school-shooter\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"illinois-resource-officer-shoots-gunman\" title=\"'He's a hero,' Illinois Resource Officer Shoots Gunman to Prevent Massacre\" rel=\"bookmark\">\u00a0Armed Resource Officer Stops Maryland School Shooter<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>\u201cA lot of things went right today when a great many of them could have gone wrong,\u201d Dixon Mayor Liandro Arellano Jr. said. \u201cThings could have gone much worse. We are deeply indebted to our officer and the actions he took today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kwqc.com\/content\/news\/Neighbors-praise-Dixon-High-School-resource-officer-Mark-Dallas--482871311.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"illinois-resource-officer-shoots-gunman\" title=\"'He's a hero,' Illinois Resource Officer Shoots Gunman to Prevent Massacre\">Local media<\/a> reported that Dallas\u2019 neighbors believe he was the best person to have on the ground when the situation began to escalate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou see all of these shootings and all of a sudden it&#8217;s here in your town,\u201d said Barabra Harney, who has lived next to Dallas for over a decade. She says Dallas is not only a standup officer but a standup man.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He&#8217;s a community guy, and he&#8217;s a family guy, and thank god he&#8217;s the one that&#8217;s in that school working,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<h2>SEE ALSO:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/fbi-concealed-carriers-stopped-8-percent-active-shooter-incidents\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"illinois-resource-officer-shoots-gunman\" title=\"'He's a hero,' Illinois Resource Officer Shoots Gunman to Prevent Massacre\">FBI: Concealed Carriers Stopped 8 Percent of Active Shooter Incidents in the Last Two Years<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>Dallas\u2019 next-door neighbor John Schafer agreed. \u201cHe didn&#8217;t let this situation get escalated and it never got escalated so he did a wonderful job and I accommodate him for that,\u201d Schafer said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe is a hero,\u201d Dixon High student Devon Scott <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/news\/local\/breaking\/ct-met-dixon-school-shooting-20180516-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"illinois-resource-officer-shoots-gunman\" title=\"'He's a hero,' Illinois Resource Officer Shoots Gunman to Prevent Massacre\">said<\/a> after the incident.<\/p>\n<p>The mainstream media will let this story fall out of the news cycle in 24 hours because it doesn\u2019t fit their false narrative (school shootings are actually <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/academics-find-school-shootings-not-common-used\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"illinois-resource-officer-shoots-gunman\" title=\"'He's a hero,' Illinois Resource Officer Shoots Gunman to Prevent Massacre\">down from the 1990s<\/a>). For now, it\u2019s nice to know that some schools aren\u2019t helpless when an evil person with a gun opens fire on innocent lives.<\/p>\n<p><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"width: 0px;overflow: hidden;line-height: 0\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A school resource officer in Illinois is being hailed as a hero after he successfully subdued an armed intruder who fired several shots near a crowded gymnasium.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":91741,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_specdata_upc":"","_specdata_placement":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[25,262,593,240],"tags":[132,291,607],"featured":[],"hunt365":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-91740","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-current-events","8":"category-defensive-use-of-firearms","9":"category-jordan-michaels","10":"category-this-week","11":"tag-buzz","12":"tag-dgu","13":"tag-news"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>&#039;He&#039;s a hero,&#039; Illinois Resource Officer Shoots Gunman to Prevent Massacre<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A school resource officer in Illinois is being hailed as a hero after he successfully subdued an armed intruder who fired several shots near a crowded gymnasium.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/illinois-resource-officer-shoots-gunman\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"&#039;He&#039;s a hero,&#039; Illinois Resource Officer Shoots Gunman to Prevent Massacre\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A school resource officer in Illinois is being hailed as a hero after he successfully subdued an armed intruder who fired several shots near a crowded gymnasium.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/illinois-resource-officer-shoots-gunman\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Gun Reviews and News | GunsAmerica.com\/Digest\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/gunsamerica\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-05-17T17:36:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-08-30T19:49:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/dallas.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jordan Michaels\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@gunsamerica\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@gunsamerica\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jordan Michaels\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/illinois-resource-officer-shoots-gunman\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/illinois-resource-officer-shoots-gunman\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Jordan Michaels\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a21614cb8c2dd3512bbbaa26c54521ad\"},\"headline\":\"&#8216;He&#8217;s a hero,&#8217; Illinois Resource Officer Shoots Gunman to Prevent Massacre\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-05-17T17:36:18+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-08-30T19:49:48+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/illinois-resource-officer-shoots-gunman\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":545,\"commentCount\":9,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/illinois-resource-officer-shoots-gunman\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/05\\\/dallas.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Buzz\",\"DGU\",\"News\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Current Events\",\"Defensive Use of Firearms\",\"Jordan Michaels\",\"This Week\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/illinois-resource-officer-shoots-gunman\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/illinois-resource-officer-shoots-gunman\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/illinois-resource-officer-shoots-gunman\\\/\",\"name\":\"'He's a hero,' Illinois Resource Officer Shoots Gunman to Prevent Massacre\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/illinois-resource-officer-shoots-gunman\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/illinois-resource-officer-shoots-gunman\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/05\\\/dallas.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-05-17T17:36:18+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-08-30T19:49:48+00:00\",\"description\":\"A school resource officer in Illinois is being hailed as a hero after he successfully subdued an armed intruder who fired several shots near a crowded gymnasium.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/illinois-resource-officer-shoots-gunman\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/illinois-resource-officer-shoots-gunman\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/illinois-resource-officer-shoots-gunman\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/05\\\/dallas.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/05\\\/dallas.jpg\",\"width\":600,\"height\":400,\"caption\":\"Dallas\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/illinois-resource-officer-shoots-gunman\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"&#8216;He&#8217;s a hero,&#8217; Illinois Resource Officer Shoots Gunman to Prevent Massacre\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/\",\"name\":\"Gun Reviews and News | GunsAmerica.com\\\/Digest\",\"description\":\"Gun Reviews, Industry News, and Product Reviews for Rifles, Pistols, Revolvers, Shotguns, Optics, and Ammunition. Looking to purchase a firearm online? Look no further than GunsAmerica.com, America&#039;s premier destination for buying and selling firearms.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"GunsAmerica\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/image-3.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/image-3.png\",\"width\":286,\"height\":156,\"caption\":\"GunsAmerica\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/gunsamerica\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/gunsamerica\",\"https:\\\/\\\/instagram.com\\\/gunsamerica_official\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/user\\\/GunsAmerica\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a21614cb8c2dd3512bbbaa26c54521ad\",\"name\":\"Jordan Michaels\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/0f81df18ddebffa16bb3f970d2470b3d03f289289973794fc43a03aa6180dae9?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/0f81df18ddebffa16bb3f970d2470b3d03f289289973794fc43a03aa6180dae9?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/0f81df18ddebffa16bb3f970d2470b3d03f289289973794fc43a03aa6180dae9?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Jordan Michaels\"},\"description\":\"has been reviewing firearm-related products for over six years and enjoying them for much longer. With family in Canada, he's seen first hand how quickly the right to self-defense can be stripped from law-abiding citizens. He escaped that statist paradise at a young age, married a sixth-generation Texan, and currently lives in Tyler. Got a hot tip? Send him an email at jordan@gunsamerica.com.\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/author\\\/jordanmichaels\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"'He's a hero,' Illinois Resource Officer Shoots Gunman to Prevent Massacre","description":"A school resource officer in Illinois is being hailed as a hero after he successfully subdued an armed intruder who fired several shots near a crowded gymnasium.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/illinois-resource-officer-shoots-gunman\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"'He's a hero,' Illinois Resource Officer Shoots Gunman to Prevent Massacre","og_description":"A school resource officer in Illinois is being hailed as a hero after he successfully subdued an armed intruder who fired several shots near a crowded gymnasium.","og_url":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/illinois-resource-officer-shoots-gunman\/","og_site_name":"Gun Reviews and News | GunsAmerica.com\/Digest","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/gunsamerica","article_published_time":"2018-05-17T17:36:18+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-08-30T19:49:48+00:00","og_image":[{"width":600,"height":400,"url":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/dallas.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Jordan Michaels","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@gunsamerica","twitter_site":"@gunsamerica","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Jordan Michaels","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/illinois-resource-officer-shoots-gunman\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/illinois-resource-officer-shoots-gunman\/"},"author":{"name":"Jordan Michaels","@id":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/#\/schema\/person\/a21614cb8c2dd3512bbbaa26c54521ad"},"headline":"&#8216;He&#8217;s a hero,&#8217; Illinois Resource Officer Shoots Gunman to Prevent Massacre","datePublished":"2018-05-17T17:36:18+00:00","dateModified":"2023-08-30T19:49:48+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/illinois-resource-officer-shoots-gunman\/"},"wordCount":545,"commentCount":9,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/illinois-resource-officer-shoots-gunman\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/dallas.jpg","keywords":["Buzz","DGU","News"],"articleSection":["Current Events","Defensive Use of Firearms","Jordan Michaels","This Week"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/illinois-resource-officer-shoots-gunman\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/illinois-resource-officer-shoots-gunman\/","url":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/illinois-resource-officer-shoots-gunman\/","name":"'He's a hero,' Illinois Resource Officer Shoots Gunman to Prevent Massacre","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/illinois-resource-officer-shoots-gunman\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/illinois-resource-officer-shoots-gunman\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/dallas.jpg","datePublished":"2018-05-17T17:36:18+00:00","dateModified":"2023-08-30T19:49:48+00:00","description":"A school resource officer in Illinois is being hailed as a hero after he successfully subdued an armed intruder who fired several shots near a crowded gymnasium.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/illinois-resource-officer-shoots-gunman\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/illinois-resource-officer-shoots-gunman\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/illinois-resource-officer-shoots-gunman\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/dallas.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/dallas.jpg","width":600,"height":400,"caption":"Dallas"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/illinois-resource-officer-shoots-gunman\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"&#8216;He&#8217;s a hero,&#8217; Illinois Resource Officer Shoots Gunman to Prevent Massacre"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/#website","url":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/","name":"Gun Reviews and News | GunsAmerica.com\/Digest","description":"Gun Reviews, Industry News, and Product Reviews for Rifles, Pistols, Revolvers, Shotguns, Optics, and Ammunition. Looking to purchase a firearm online? Look no further than GunsAmerica.com, America&#039;s premier destination for buying and selling firearms.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/#organization","name":"GunsAmerica","url":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-3.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-3.png","width":286,"height":156,"caption":"GunsAmerica"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/gunsamerica","https:\/\/x.com\/gunsamerica","https:\/\/instagram.com\/gunsamerica_official\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/GunsAmerica"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/#\/schema\/person\/a21614cb8c2dd3512bbbaa26c54521ad","name":"Jordan Michaels","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0f81df18ddebffa16bb3f970d2470b3d03f289289973794fc43a03aa6180dae9?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0f81df18ddebffa16bb3f970d2470b3d03f289289973794fc43a03aa6180dae9?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0f81df18ddebffa16bb3f970d2470b3d03f289289973794fc43a03aa6180dae9?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Jordan Michaels"},"description":"has been reviewing firearm-related products for over six years and enjoying them for much longer. With family in Canada, he's seen first hand how quickly the right to self-defense can be stripped from law-abiding citizens. He escaped that statist paradise at a young age, married a sixth-generation Texan, and currently lives in Tyler. Got a hot tip? Send him an email at jordan@gunsamerica.com.","url":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/author\/jordanmichaels\/"}]}},"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/dallas-150x100.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91740","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/54"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91740"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91740\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":183938,"href":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91740\/revisions\/183938"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/91741"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91740"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91740"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91740"},{"taxonomy":"featured","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/featured?post=91740"},{"taxonomy":"hunt365","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hunt365?post=91740"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}