{"id":1926443,"date":"2023-05-08T04:26:28","date_gmt":"2023-05-08T08:26:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/i-need-everybody-hero-cop-called-for-backup-before-taking-on-texas-mall-shooter-alone\/"},"modified":"2023-05-08T04:29:25","modified_gmt":"2023-05-08T08:29:25","slug":"i-need-everybody-hero-cop-called-for-backup-before-taking-on-texas-mall-shooter-alone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/i-need-everybody-hero-cop-called-for-backup-before-taking-on-texas-mall-shooter-alone\/","title":{"rendered":"Hero cop called for backup before taking on Texas mall shooter alone, saying &#8220;I need everybody.&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fi-need-everybody-hero-cop-called-for-backup-before-taking-on-texas-mall-shooter-alone%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1926443&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Heroic Police Officer Takes Down Shooter at Texas Outlet Mall<\/h2>\n<h3>Quick Thinking and Bravery Saves Lives<\/h3>\n<p>In a harrowing incident at an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-inflation-surges-to-new-41-year-record-high-gas-prices-continue-to-soar\/\" title=\"US inflation surges to new 41-year record high, gas prices continue to soar\">outlet mall<\/a> in Allen, Texas, a police officer showed incredible bravery and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pelosi-us-capitol-police-martyrs-will-get-congressional-gold-medal\/\" title=\"Pelosi: US Capitol Police \u2018Martyrs\u2019 Will Get Congressional Gold Medal\">quick thinking<\/a> to take down a shooter and save lives. The officer, whose name has not yet been released, was already on the scene for an unrelated issue when the shooting started. He ran into an H&#038;M store and made a frantic call for backup, just before engaging the suspect himself.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/enes-kanter-freedom-says-the-nba-is-run-by-the-chinese-dictatorship-after-audio-recordings-surface-showing-executives-bowing-to-china\/\" title=\"Enes Kanter Freedom Says The NBA \u201cIs Run By The Chinese Dictatorship\u201d After Audio Recordings Surface Showing Executives Bowing To China\">audio recordings obtained<\/a> by The Daily Mail, the officer ran towards the chaos as he heard it unfolding just outside. Describing the scene to the dispatcher, he said, <b>\u201cI\u2019ve got people running. There\u2019s still shooting. I need everybody I got.\u201d<\/b> But just a few moments later, after engaging the shooter alone, he gave the dispatcher an update: <b>\u201cI got him down.\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The gunman, whose name will not be published pursuant to The Daily Wire\u2019s policy denying mass shooters the notoriety they so often seek, could be seen on a dashcam video as he exited a vehicle outside the mall and opened fire, shooting at people on the sidewalk with a rifle. He was dressed in tactical gear and fired dozens of rounds before the lone officer ran towards him, shooting and killing him.<\/p>\n<h3>Tragic Loss of Life<\/h3>\n<p>Including the shooter, seven people were pronounced dead at the scene \u2014 and two more succumbed to their injuries after being taken to the hospital. At least another seven were hospitalized and treated for injuries related to the shooting, and the victims reportedly ranged in age from 5 to 61 years old.<\/p>\n<h3>Police Chief Praises Officer&#8217;s Actions<\/h3>\n<p>Allen Police Chief Brian Harvey praised the officer&#8217;s actions, saying, <b>\u201cHe heard gunshots, went to the gunshots, engaged the suspect, and neutralized the suspect.\u201d<\/b> The officer&#8217;s bravery and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/i-need-everybody-hero-cop-called-for-backup-before-taking-on-texas-mall-shooter-alone\/\" title=\"Hero cop called for backup before taking on Texas mall shooter alone, saying \"I need everybody.\"\">quick thinking undoubtedly saved lives<\/a> and prevented further tragedy.<\/p>\n<p>Our thoughts are with the victims and their families during this difficult time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The police officer who took down the shooter at an outlet mall in Allen, Texas, on Saturday made a brief phone call from one of the stores asking for assistance \u2014 just before he engaged the suspect himself. The police officer, whose name has not yet been released to the public, was reportedly already on<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":93,"featured_media":1926444,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[7156,5794,12108,3781,7892,11603,6845,11746,6842,3694],"class_list":["post-1926443","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire","tag-i","tag-alone","tag-backup","tag-called","tag-cop","tag-everybody","tag-hero","tag-mall","tag-shooter","tag-texas"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1926443","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/93"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1926443"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1926443\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1926444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1926443"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1926443"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1926443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}