NJ Woman's Quick Actions Thwart Kentucky Shooting

Sometimes, a hero is more than just a moment away. That was true in the case of one South Jersey who reportedly prevented a school shooting from being carried out. In Kentucky.

It all began when Koeberle Bull, of Lumberton, Burlington County, received a threatening Facebook message from a man she didn’t know, CBS 3 reports. The email featured a man gripping a gun and making racist remarks.

She looked up his profile, learned he was Dylan Jarrell, 20, of Lawrenceburg, Kentucky, and contacted that town’s police department, according to the report.

Police subsequently arrested Jarrell just before he was set to carry out a school shooting, according to WKYT in Kentucky. Jarrell, who lives near Anderson County High School was arrested as he was leaving his house armed with ammunition, a gun and a kevlar vest.

He was charged with terroristic threats and harassing communications, and has admitted to making those threats, according to the news station.

Bull said she doesn’t know how Jarrrell stumbled across her Facebook profile, but she was soon blocked from seeing his before contacting police, according to the NY Daily News.

“I would hope that someone would, in the same situation, just do the same thing,” Bull said, according to the Daily News. “Because obviously you never know. It could be an idle threat or it could be the next mass shooter.”

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