Pearland band dads take down active shooter at high school

A group of four tactically-trained band dads jumped into action Saturday and apprehended an active shooter at a band competition at Pasadena Memorial High school. 

Tactically-trained band dads take down school shooter 

What we know:

Pasadena ISD officials said a man in his 80s with a gun entered the school between 5-6 p.m. and fired two shots. One hit a door and another struck a 26-year-old victim in the shoulder, who the Angelton ISD says is a percussion technical consultant for Angleton High School. 

Officials say the victim was flown to a nearby hospital and is expected to be okay.  

After the shots rang out, the band dads jumped in. 

Who are these heroes? :

The four are 13-year Air Force vet Abram Trevino, 13-year Army vet Adam Curow, 4-year Marine vet Efrain (Polo) Castillo and 32-year Houston Police Sergeant Joe Sanchez. 

"As soon as everyone was screaming and yelling, gunshots fired, Joe and myself looked at each other and ran straight to the door. By the time we got inside, Polo and Abram were right behind us as a band dad team," said Curow. 

The four say they and two other men took the suspect down to the ground and restrained him. 

"I grabbed his arms while Adam took the gun out. Once the gun was removed from his hands, we had no handcuffs, so I took my belt off and made a handcuff," said Sgt. Sanchez. 

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The four worked together to keep the suspect restrained until law enforcement arrived. 

"I think anybody with our collective backgrounds would just do that, just out of nature," said Trevino. 

Who is the suspect? :

Pasadena Police identified the suspect as 83-year-old Dennis Brandl of Spring.

Brandl told police that he was being chased by someone and that he was afraid he and his wife would be killed.

Dennis Brandl Jr. (Source: Pasadena Police)

The man drove from his home in Spring to the school in Pasadena and shot the victim.

Police say Brandl did not know the shooting victim.

He was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.

Brandl is being held without bond.

The Source: Information in this article comes from Pasadena ISD, Pasadena Police and conversations the dads who tackled the shooter.

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