{"id":31657,"date":"2023-03-30T15:50:19","date_gmt":"2023-03-30T15:50:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2023\/03\/30\/cop-who-helped-take-down-nashville-shooter-served-as-marine-grunt\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T20:58:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T20:58:10","slug":"cop-who-helped-take-down-nashville-shooter-served-as-marine-grunt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/home\/middle-column\/2023\/03\/30\/cop-who-helped-take-down-nashville-shooter-served-as-marine-grunt\/","title":{"rendered":"Cop who helped take down Nashville shooter served as Marine grunt"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of the police officers who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinecorpstimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2018\/11\/09\/this-marine-survived-both-the-california-bar-shooting-and-las-vegas-concert-shooting\/\" target=\"_blank\">confronted and shot an assailant<\/a> who killed six at an elementary school in Nashville is a Marine infantry veteran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Body-camera footage released by the Metro Nashville Police Department shows Officer Michael Collazo running through The Covenant School on Monday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinecorpstimes.com\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2018\/11\/09\/marine-veteran-and-local-team-rwb-chapter-captain-killed-in-california-shooting\/\" target=\"_blank\">toward active shooter <\/a>Audrey Hale, 28, and helping Officer Rex Englebert take the shooter down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Collazo served in the Marine Corps from 2010 to 2016 and departed as a sergeant, according to his service record, which was first reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/taskandpurpose.com\/news\/nashville-shooting-marine-veteran-police\/\">Task and Purpose<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As an infantry rifleman, Collazo earned the Selected Marine Corps Reserve Medal, National Defense Service Medal and Global War on Terrorism Service Medal. 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Always just been a good dude.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Ue2tZa4hT0c&#038;feature=youtu.be\">six-minute video<\/a> containing footage from both body cameras worn by Collazo and Englebert shows the men rush into the school and check classrooms on the first floor on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then they run up the stairs to the second floor, where they confront Hale. Englebert is shown firing multiple shots at Hale, who falls to the ground. Collazo fires additional rounds at Hale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cStop moving. Stop moving,\u201d Collazo shouts at Hale in the body camera footage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another officer yells at Hale, \u201cGet your hands away from the gun.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSuspect down. 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