[AmericanMade1776]

"I saw him coming through the doors," she told reporters on Monday. "I took cover, and I waited for him to get closer, and I came out of cover and identified myself, and engaged him, and took him down. And that's pretty much it."

[AmericanMade1776]

"I give the credit to God. And I say that very humbly. God was with me and the whole time I was behind cover -- this has got to be God, because of the firepower that [the gunman] had vs. what I had," Assam said. "I did not run away and I didn't think for a minute to run away, I just knew that I was given the assignment to end this before it got too much worse. I just prayed for the Holy Spirit to guide me."

[existtoexcel]

"I saw him coming through the doors," she told reporters on Monday. "I took cover, and I waited for him to get closer, and I came out of cover and identified myself, and engaged him, and took him down. And that's pretty much it."

Wasn't there an unarmed man distracting the shooter as she fired? a little credit his way perhaps? She was primarily responsible for preventing a massacre and huge cudos heaped upon her.

[ArmstedFragg]

and identified myself

As soon as I saw that phrase, I knew she had law enforcement training, and it was still with her. And, look at those photos! No gloating, no celebrity pretensions, just a quiet sense of having had a job to do and having gotten it done. What a gal!