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Off-duty security officer helps subdue Va. school shooter

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Jim Gorman, who serves as an AlliedBarton security director at the New River Valley Mall in Christiansburg, Va., has been credited with helping subdue a suspected school shooter.
Jim Gorman, who serves as an AlliedBarton security director at the New River Valley Mall in Christiansburg, Va., has been credited with helping subdue a suspected school shooter.

April 12, 2013 was supposed to be a peaceful, relaxing day off for Jim Gorman. The AlliedBarton security director for the New River Valley Mall in Christiansburg, Va., was celebrating his 33 rd wedding anniversary when he realized that he still had his company fuel card in his wallet and decided to drive to the mall to give it to a colleague. Shortly after returning the card, Gorman received a call that there may possibly be a shooter at the New River Community College, which has a...
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