NPR: Jarell Brooks https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=157775886 Jarell Brooks en Copyright 2024 NPR - For Personal Use Only Story API Shim 1.2.24 Tue, 09 Jun 2026 14:21:47 -0400 https://media.npr.org/images/podcasts/primary/npr_generic_image_300.jpg?s=200 NPR: Jarell Brooks https://www.npr.org/tags/157775886/jarell-brooks Colorado Shooting Stories: Teen Shielded Woman And Her Kids; He Got Shot When 18-year-old Jarell Brooks saw a woman and her two children trying to crawl to safety, he got between them and the gunman. He says he couldn't have done anything else and lived with himself afterward. Thu, 02 Aug 2012 10:16:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2012/08/02/157775650/colorado-shooting-stories-teen-shielded-woman-and-her-kids-he-got-shot https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2012/08/02/157775650/colorado-shooting-stories-teen-shielded-woman-and-her-kids-he-got-shot

When 18-year-old Jarell Brooks saw a woman and her two children trying to crawl to safety, he got between them and the gunman. He says he couldn't have done anything else and lived with himself afterward.

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