Champaign County Crime Stoppers
awarded a local Central High School administrator for running towards
the sound of danger to usher people to safety. From today's
News-Gazette:
Crime Stoppers honors Central admin for actions during shooting
Brandon
Thomas and Bryan Yacko were doing what they had done countless Friday
nights before at Champaign Central High School — keeping a watchful eye
on the crowd leaving after a basketball game.
But for the
Champaign police sergeant and the assistant principal, Dec. 15, 2017,
differed markedly from previous Fridays — when gunfire outside the
83-year-old school building created fear in the departing crowd and
wounded three young people.
As Thomas, the police sergeant, ran
with other officers toward the shots, Yacko the educator, radioed to
coworkers about what was happening, then headed toward the shots to
direct people back inside to safety.
For his quick thinking and
action, the 38-year-old Yacko was honored Thursday with the Dave Benton
Crime Fighter of the Year Award by Champaign County Crime Stoppers at
its annual meeting in Savoy.
The award is named in honor of the
late television anchorman who served on the Crime Stoppers board for
many years prior to his death in 2015.
Full article
here.
No comments:
Post a Comment