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Lacey teacher who tackled shooter: ‘No one…can prepare for a situation like this’

Apr 27, 2015, 12:42 PM | Updated: 2:12 pm

Brady Olson, a civics teacher at North Thurston High School, tackled a student who fired multiple s...

Brady Olson, a civics teacher at North Thurston High School, tackled a student who fired multiple shots at the school Monday morning. (NTHS)

(NTHS)

The North Thurston School District released a statement statement from its teacher Brady Olson, who tackled the shooter during Monday morning’s incident at North Thurston High School.

I would like to say how happy I am that everyone is safe after today’s incident. I would also like to take this opportunity to praise all the police agencies that were involved, especially our Student Resource Officer, (SRO) Ed McClanahan. All agencies responded quickly and acted with the utmost professionalism. Additionally, I would like to say thank you to an amazing staff here at North Thurston High School. From administrators to teachers, all reacted to a very intense situation with incredible tact and professionalism.

No one, including myself, can prepare for a situation like this, so I’m very thankful that we’re all okay. As always, students come first, and today was no different. I reacted in a way that any other teacher would react and at the sound of a gunshot had three other adults, including Tim Brown, Dean of Students, Principal Steve Rood, and Security Officer, Jim Beltico, going toward the sound of gun fire rather than away. We will all group together as a staff and community, like we always do, and continue to put kids first! North Thurston High School’s staff handled this like every other staff in every city, in every state, across this country would. I’m incredibly proud to be a member of the bigger community of educators who teach and take care of our kids every day.

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