Lecturers at a Tennessee elementary college managed to pin down an intruder who pressured his approach into the constructing till police arrived.
Inglewood Elementary College kindergarten instructor Rachel Davis was heading inside along with her class when Onreka Grey allegedly leaped over the fence and charged towards the youngsters at about 10 a.m. on Could 11, in line with NBC affiliate Wave3.
She advised the community: "I used to be attempting to elucidate to him, 'sir, you can't come on this door. This isn't the entrance door. You are not allowed on this constructing.' And finally, he wished to get in so dangerous that he was lunging in the direction of the youngsters."
Davis mentioned she tried to cease Grey from getting inside and began screaming for assist and added: "We struggled for some time, and he made it contained in the constructing."
The instructor then defined that the following factor she remembered was tackling Grey to the ground. As Davis fell to the bottom, she broke her elbow.
Whereas Davis struggled, college bookkeeper Shay Patton and secretary Nikki Thomas helped her pin Grey down within the hallway as they waited for the police to reach. They held him in place for 10 minutes.
She advised Wave3: "We fell backward and he fell on prime of me and finally it took me, Nikki and Shay, all of us collectively to get him within the nook and restrain him from getting additional down the hallway."
Thomas advised the community: "I bought him in a headlock, put his arm behind his again, and put my legs throughout him so he would not get free."
All three had been injured within the battle, however they had been grateful that Grey wasn't carrying any weapons.
Patton advised the community: "We did not even take into consideration weapons. He may have had something. I did not even take into consideration that till hours later. I used to be like.
"Not solely did we defend them, however we may have endangered our personal lives... We did endanger our personal lives."
Newsweek has contacted the Metropolitan Nashville Police Division and Metro Nashville Public Faculties for remark.
Harassment and Violence
Based on a 2022 American Psychological Affiliation report, some 49 p.c of academics and faculty employees expressed a plan to give up or switch to a different college as a result of harassment or violence.
Susan Dvorak McMahon, Ph.D., chair of the APA Activity Drive on Violence Towards Educators and College Personnel mentioned within the examine: "Violence towards educators is a public well being drawback, and we want complete research-based options.
"Present and future selections to depart the sector of schooling have an effect on the standard of our colleges and the following generations of learners, academics and faculty leaders within the nation.
"Bodily and verbal violence directed towards college personnel could also be exacerbating experiences of excessive stress, transfers and leaving the occupation."
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