Whitey Ford
10-06-2019, 02:47 AM
Soldier praised as hero during El Paso shooting arrested after going AWOL
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The soldier praised as a hero for his actions during the El Paso mass shooting on Aug. 3 was arrested by Texas police officers Thursday after Army officials said he had gone absent without leave, or AWOL.
Pfc. Glendon Oakley, a soldier stationed at Fort Bliss, was picked up by Harker Heights Police Department officers on a warrant issued by the military, police spokesman Lt. Stephen Miller told Army Times.
During the Aug. 3 shooting, Oakley said he was at the Cielo Vista Mall, roughly 800 feet from the Walmart where the attack took place. He told the media that he was shopping at a Foot Locker when a child ran into the store and reported the mass shooting.
That was followed by sounds of gunfire. Oakley, who has a gun permit, drew his weapon and ran out of the store.
“I saw a whole bunch of kids running around without their parents … I tried to pick up as many as I could and bring them with me,” he told local media after the attack.
https://www.armytimes.com/2019/10/04/soldier-praised-as-hero-during-el-paso-shooting-arrested-after-going-awol/
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The soldier praised as a hero for his actions during the El Paso mass shooting on Aug. 3 was arrested by Texas police officers Thursday after Army officials said he had gone absent without leave, or AWOL.
Pfc. Glendon Oakley, a soldier stationed at Fort Bliss, was picked up by Harker Heights Police Department officers on a warrant issued by the military, police spokesman Lt. Stephen Miller told Army Times.
During the Aug. 3 shooting, Oakley said he was at the Cielo Vista Mall, roughly 800 feet from the Walmart where the attack took place. He told the media that he was shopping at a Foot Locker when a child ran into the store and reported the mass shooting.
That was followed by sounds of gunfire. Oakley, who has a gun permit, drew his weapon and ran out of the store.
“I saw a whole bunch of kids running around without their parents … I tried to pick up as many as I could and bring them with me,” he told local media after the attack.
https://www.armytimes.com/2019/10/04/soldier-praised-as-hero-during-el-paso-shooting-arrested-after-going-awol/