A BERRENDO MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHER IS BEING CALLED A HERO AFTER TUESDAY'S SHOOTING. THAT TEACHER … JOHN MASTERSON … WAS UNARMED WHEN HE WALKED UP TO THE SHOOTER AND TOLD THE BOY TO PUT DOWN THE GUN, WHICH HE DID. A STATE POLICE OFFICER WHO WAS DROPPING OFF HIS OWN CHILD RAN INTO THE SCHOOL AND WAS ABLE TO ASSIST MASTERSON.
STATE POLICE CHIEF PETE KASSETAS SAYS IT'S ONE THING FOR AN ARMED, STATE POLICE OFFICER TO CONFRONT A SHOOTER. IT'S QUITE ANOTHER FOR A TEACHER TO INTERVENE IN A CASE LIKE THIS.
KASSETAS SAYS THE TEACHER'S ACTIONS LIKELY SAVED MANY LIVES.
