Parents Tackle Elderly Gunman as He Allegedly Opens Fire at Texas High School Band Event

An 83-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of injuring a man when he allegedly opened fire during a high school band competition on Saturday, Feb.1.

According to a release from the Pasadena Police Department, suspect Dennis Erwin Brandl Jr. allegedly entered Pasadena Memorial High School in Pasadena, Texas, around 6:00 p.m. local time through the south side doors and within two minutes discharged a “small caliber weapon.”

A man believed to be in his mid-20s was struck in his shoulder. The Angleton Independent School District said the victim was a percussion technical consultant for their band, according to local CBS affiliate KBTX. As reported by the outlet, the victim was taken to the hospital and is in stable condition.

Police claim Brandl Jr. said he was “being chased by someone and feared he and his wife were going to be killed,” per an updated release shared on Sunday, Feb. 2.

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Authorities said they were “grateful for the brave citizens” who helped to tackle Brandl Jr., who the Pasadena Independent School District said wasn’t affiliated with the school's Texas Color Guard Circuit drumline competition.

“Within 60 seconds a suspect was disarmed and they prevented further shooting by this suspect,” Pasadena police Chief Jerry Wright said at a news conference per CBSNews.

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Air Force veteran Abram Trevino, Army veteran Adam Curow, Marine Corps veteran Efrain 'Polo' Castillo and Houston police sergeant Joe Sanchez — who are part of a group known as the "Pearland Band Dads" — were identified by local CBS affiliate KHOU-TV as four of the six parents who helped to de-escalate the situation.

"People were coming out screaming, saying, 'Active shooter, active shooter,' so me and Polo were with the same prop, dropped everything and ran through the lobby door," Sanchez told the outlet.

He explained that another man had already started to tackle the man when he and the three other dads intervened.

"I grabbed his arms while Adam took the gun out, and once the gun was removed from his hand, we had no handcuffs, so I took off my belt, made handcuffs, got his right arm secured, got his left arm secured," Sanchez said per KHOU-TV.

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The man who initiated the takedown was an educator but wished to remain anonymous, according to ABC affiliate KTRK.

At the time of writing, Brandl Jr. has been given no bond and is awaiting transfer to the Harris County Jail, per the police.

The Harris County District Attorney’s Office has accepted charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.

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