'Wendi Winters Saved My Life': Capital Gazette Staffers Say A Colleague Charged The Shooter
Source: Tribune News
ANNAPOLIS, Md. - When a man with a shotgun shattered the glass door of the Capital Gazette newspaper office and began to shoot, Wendi Winters stood up.
Weeks before the June 28 attack in Annapolis, Winters had taken active-shooter training at her church, where a police officer presented the options: Run if you can run. Hide if you can hide. Fight only if you must.
Winters fought.
Janel Cooley, a survivor of the shooting that killed Winters and four others, said she watched from under her desk as the 20-year newspaper veteran rose to meet her attacker.
Winters charged forward holding a trash can and recycling bin, said Cooley, a sales consultant. Winters shouted something like "No! You stop that!" or "You get out of here!" like she was warding off an unwanted dog...More..
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Wendi Winters colleagues claim her quick defensive confrontation of the shooter gave them time, and saved lives.
- Wendi Winters, Capital Gazette Reporter and Recent Shooting Victim
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What a courageous woman who is much missed.
