The brother of Nashville Police Officer Rex Engelbert, who is from Chicago, spoke to FOX 32 on Tuesday about his brother's heroic actions to help take out the gunman during The Covenant School shooting.
"Officers didn’t wait for reinforcements, they didn’t establish a perimeter, they went into the school, they were appropriately armed, they went to the sound of the gunfire and they neutralized the threat," said Ross Rice, former FBI special agent.As they moved through the hallways and closed in on the shooter who was firing rounds on the second floor, Engelbert opened fire – taking the shooter down.Collazo is a nine-year veteran of the department and Engelbert is a four-year veteran.
Rex Engelbert attended Queen of All Saints School in Chicago. He then went to Loyola Academy, where he played football and graduated in 2014, as confirmed by officials with the high school.The officer also studied criminal justice at the University of Dayton, Ohio, where he graduated in 2018.
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