Army vet saves 16 kids from teen bent on killing spree

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A veteran put himself between 16 terrified children and a knife-wielding teen determined to kill. He disarmed the man and saved the kids.

An Army vet is recovering from stab wounds after putting himself between 16 terrified children and a knife-wielding teen determined to kill at an Illinois public library this week.  “He actually ran into the room yelling, ‘I’m going to kill some people!’” James Vernon said.

Vernon, 75-- a retired Caterpillar technology worker and Army vet—is recovering from surgery at his home in Morton, Illinois. He was leading a chess club meeting with local kids at the Morton library Tuesday afternoon when Dustin Brown, 19, burst into the room holding a knife in each hand and threatening the children.

“I failed my mission to kill everyone,” Brown told police Thursday, according to a prosecutor’s court affidavit that accompanied formal charges, including attempted murder.

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