On Monday, when 18-year-old Somali refugee Somali Abdul Razak Ali Artan drove his car into his fellow students on the campus, then jumped out with what was described as a “butcher knife,” injuring nine people, one critically, one young police officer, Alan Horujko, engaged Artan and shot him, killing him and saving an untold number of lives.
Once Artan started his rampage, Horujko, who joined the security force in 2015, arrived “about a minute later,” according to USA Today, then fatally shot the assailant.
Here’s the man who should be lauded and his background, according to the OSU newspaper The Lantern:
The Cincinnati native studied security and intelligence at OSU and graduated in 2012 after working with Student Safety Services. “That’s kind of what led me to wanting to become a police officer,” said Horujko, who was an engineering major for three years.
Horujko said that he did not feel as passionately about engineering as his classmates did, so he began working with Student Safety Services before changing his major.
“I just couldn’t see myself sitting in a cubicle,” Horujko said of his decision to leave engineering and pursue law enforcement. “By working (at Student Safety Services) and seeing what the police do, and what Student Safety does on the campus, the kind of behind-the-scenes stuff really led me to a law enforcement career,” he said.