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Soldier Subdues Knife Wielding Attacker at College Library

May 7, 2015

A member of the U.S. Army and student at the University of Nebraska at Omaha disarmed and subdued a knife wielding attacker in the college library. After the soldier, Brandon Valle, asked the attacker, Leo Labogen, to stop disrupting the library, Labogen pulled out a knife and threatened to kill Valle, WOWT reports.

Thirty year-old Brandon Valle told WOWT 6 News that he heard Labogen distracting other students by speaking loudly on his cell phone and asked him to take his phone call outside. According to Valle, that's when Labogen pulled a knife. He said: "I knew it was a threat and this person had crossed a line. So it was time to do something about it."

Valle grabbed Labogen by the wrist and wrestled him to the ground. Two other students rushed to Valle's aid. Together, they knocked away his knife and held him down until campus security and Omaha Police arrived on the scene. In the end, police discovered three knives in Labogen's possession.

Valle is being hailed as a hero by his fellow students, including Jennifer McDanal, who was also studying in the library. She told WOWT 6 News: "Knowing there are people on campus who are ready to help out and do what's necessary to keep people safe is a relief."

As the Blaze's Dave Urbanski points out, while others are calling his actions heroic, Valle doesn't consider himself a hero for what he did.

But asked if he felt like a hero, Valle grinned, looked down and shook his head.

"No," he said. "No, absolutely not."

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