Seattle Student Who Subdued Campus Shooter with Pepper Spray Hailed as Hero

A senior engineering student who was a building monitor at Seattle Pacific University is being called a hero in the aftermath of a school shooting Thursday that left one dead and three injured. 

The student, Jon Meis, 22, of Renton, Washington, hit the shooter, who has been identified by police as Aaron R. Ybarra, 26, with pepper spray as he attempted to reload, the Seattle Timesreported. Meis then disarmed the man, diving on top of him and holding him in a chokehold as several other students joined in to help until police arrived.