A Detroit school counselor has hit the headlines.
A social worker at a high school in Detroit is being lauded as a hero after he stopped a 17-year-old boy who allegedly was carrying a sawed-off shotgun and wrestled the boy to the ground.
No one was injured.
The Detroit Free Press reports 41-year-old social worker Idris Herring saw the teen rush through a metal detector Thursday at Westside Academy and glimpsed what looked a gun.
The boy fled after Herring tackled him and no arrests had been reported Saturday. Detroit Public Schools police said they were seeking a warrant for the teen’s arrest.
There’s more at the link.
Congratulations and thanks to Mr. Herring, and I hope he receives some official recognition. Tackling a shotgun-wielding teen with your bare hands? That’s gutsy in anyone’s language.
Peter
Herring will probably be sued by the kid for assaulting him.