Students and social media are reporting that Jesse Wasmer, a Perry Hall High School guidance counselor, intervened after a .
"I turned around and the kid's got a gun, and Mr. Wasmer, one of the counselors, pushes him up against a vending machine and then he shot one more off," , a student who witnessed the shooting, told Patch.
Wasmer declined to comment when contacted by Patch.
A Facebook page has been created to thank Wasmer. At 4:30 p.m. Monday it had nearly 950 fans.
Several Twitter and Facebook users have also identified Wasmer as the person who first made contact with the alleged shooter.
Mike Barnstein wrote on Facebook:
Thank you Mr. Wasmer for taking action and keep the incident from getting any worse.
Michael Reyes wrote on Twitter:
Mr. Jesse Wasmer was the one who tackled the gunman at the Perry Hall High School shooting. Trend out #TeamWasmer He deserves it!
Baltimore County Public Schools officials have declined to comment on Wasmer's possible actions during the incident.
The Warrior's Creed Wherever I go, everyone is a little safer because I am there. Wherever I am, anyone in need has a friend. Whenever I return home, everyone is happy that I am there.
The only person allowed to discharge a gun on school property is the on duty SRO." I don't believe that has worked out very well do you?
The relevance apparently went over your head.
I was congratulating the man for his actions but your hate blinded you to that.
You do not want others to comment? Unless you agree with them? glasshole!
Just remember to cultivate that attitude of the warrior which bears repeating here: The Warrior's Creed Wherever I go, everyone is a little safer because I am there. Wherever I am, anyone in need has a friend. Whenever I return home, everyone is happy that I am there.
I respond in kind to glassholes here and there are a number of them.
We are quick and so right to commend Wasmer, but drop off the logical face of the earth to allow leadership to deal and preempt the actual problem he faced. The left engineers our culture to flatter females to gain power. The result of that comes mere managers who presume to be leaders. We now see the effects of "we have to pass this bill to see what's in it". That might work for liberal Kinder-children, but not those of us who think. Despite the Horkheimer "counterculture" and billions spent in Dept of Ed since 1980, our kids are stupider, America lags behind the world in education and the jails are overcrowded. But make certain we stop Johnny from wearing a flag on his shirt and keep prayer out of schools!! My gawd what would America come to if we did that?!
Thank you.