A police officer working at Dixon High School (Dixon is about 100 miles west of Chicago) on Wednesday shot a former student who fired a gun near the school’s gym and later tried to shoot the officer, officials said.
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The officer returned fire and struck the suspect, who was then taken into custody just west of the school, Howell said. He was taken to a hospital with injuries that weren’t life-threatening. No one else was injured.
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Howell and other officials praised the officer for saving lives.
“He saved an enormous amount of lives,” Lee County Sheriff John Simonton.
Gov. Bruce Rauner in a statement credited “school resource officer Mark Dallas for his bravery and quick action.”
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According to WGN-TV, a woman who identified herself as the gunman’s mother told reporters: “My son has been very, very sad for a long time.”
She said her son was bullied and ostracized at school, and was beaten up in October. She said she doesn’t know know where her son got a gun, according to WGN.
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“He saved an enormous amount of lives,” Lee County Sheriff John Simonton.
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