Deer Creek Middle School Shooting
It’s difficult to say how badly this could have turned out had it not been for a courageous 7th grade math teacher, Dr. David Benke and several others. Two students were shot at a middle school on Tuesday afternoon before teachers tackled a man with a high-powered rifle outside of the school. Authorities say the man is in custody. They have not established any motive and according to reports, the suspect does not have any ties to the school.
Jacki Kelley, spokesperson for the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office, says one victim was found inside at Deer Creek Middle School and the other was found outside the school. Both are expected to survive.
Deer Creek is on West Columbine Drive near South Garrison Street
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Reese Ferrin, a Deer Creek student, says he was standing next to Dr. David Benke, a seventh grade math teacher, when the shootings began.
“I was by the crosswalk and the gunman came around the corner and Dr. Benke ran and tackled him,” Reese said.
Reese says Benke tackled the gunman first and other teachers piled on top of him.
Benke’s husband, Sandra Benke, told 9NEWS he called her just after the shooting.
“He wanted me to know, first of all that he was OK. That there’d been a shooting at the school and that he’d had to tackle the gunman and before he was able to get the gunman down he got a shot off and shot one of the students,” she said.
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Many teachers I know would do this. It is who we are, your kids soon become our children and a lot of us care enough to do this Job every day for low pay. Every teacher is a hero and David Benke is a super hero.
Hooray for this man. A true hero. I appreciate that his knowledge of firearms enabled him to know when it would be possible to most safely act against the shooter. I would be more comfortable having a person with this mans character and abilities being armed. Perhaps with a weapon that could have been as effective against shooter with a a semi-automatic weapon, if that had been the case. The end result may have been much more tragic if the shooter did not have take time to operate a bolt-action which gave Mr. Benke time to move in.
Regardless, David Benke is a treasure to be heralded.