“I wasn’t thinking ... just ran over there, got him.'
Richard Fierro spoke to a crowd of media outside his home Monday night, including to KGTV’s sister station KOAA.
“I grabbed [the shooter] by the back of his little cheap ass armor thing and pulled him down,” Fierro said.“I grabbed the pistol from him. and then I told the guy, ‘Move the AR!’ The kid in front of me, because he was at his head, I said, ‘Move the AR. Get the AR away from him.’ And the kid did it,” Fierro said. “Then I started whaling on this dude. And I'm on top of him. I'm a big dude, man. This guy was bigger. And I just kept whaling on him.
The veteran says he wasn't thinking and that his military training just kicked in. He says he served three tours in Iraq and one in Afghanistan. Fierro and his wife are both originally from San Diego. His wife is the owner and brewmaster of Atrevida Brewing in Colorado Springs, one of the few Latina-owned craft breweries in the nation.On Monday, Border X’s owner, David Favela sent his love to his fellow craft beer brewers, including Fierro's daughter, who lost her boyfriend.
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