Date uploaded: 2022-11-22 19:43:12

A decorated former U.S. Army Major says instinct took over when he helped disarm a man police say went on a murderous rampage inside an LGBTQ nightclub. "I wasn't thinking," said Rich Fierro, a two-time Bronze Star recipient and veteran of three combat tours. "I Just ran over there, got him." The thoughts ran through Fierro's mind quickly, he recalled. "I gotta kill this guy, he's going to kill my kid, he's gonna kill my wife," he said. "He ended up killing my daughter's boyfriend." Fierro said that he and another young man pinned the shooter, stripping a pistol and a rifle away from him before beginning to beat him. The other man who tackled the shooter was later identified as Thomas James. "I just kept whaling on him, and I told the dude in front of me, kick him in his head," Fierro said. #coloradosprings