{"id":168999,"date":"2015-10-02T19:50:54","date_gmt":"2015-10-03T02:50:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=168999"},"modified":"2022-02-04T17:45:13","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T01:45:13","slug":"chris-mintz-oregon-shooting-hero-is-an-amateur-mma-fighter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/chris-mintz-oregon-shooting-hero-is-an-amateur-mma-fighter\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Mintz, Oregon Shooting Hero, Is An Amateur MMA Fighter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chris Mintz is an amateur MMA fighter with a background in wrestling and is now being hailed as a hero.<\/p>\n<p>Mintz was present for the shooting at Umpqua Community College in Oregon, that took place on Thursday and witnesses say he acted as a hero, possibly saving a whole classroom of students while putting his life on the line.<\/p>\n<p>One witness, Pastor Dennis Kreiss, talked to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.people.com\/article\/student-confronts-gunman-pastor-says?xid=socialflow_facebook_peoplemag\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">People<\/a>\u00a0magazine\u00a0and told them what Mintz did to protect a room full of people.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;He told all the students in his class to get to a safer place. He went outside of the classroom and stood by the door to make sure the shooter didn&#8217;t come in. When the shooter came out of the classroom he confronted him and said, &#8216;You aren&#8217;t getting by me&#8217; and at that point the shooter shot him five times and the shooter moved on and apparently didn&#8217;t go in that classroom. I applaud the guy&#8217;s heroism. He may have saved the people in the classroom. Many people are depraved in our society and he was ready to lay down his life for his friends.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>In a separate interview with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/storyline\/oregon-college-shooting\/oregon-shooting-heroic-veteran-chris-mintz-was-shot-7-times-n437291\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NBC<\/a>, Mintz&#8217;s aunt,\u00a0Sheila Brown, credited his MMA and wrestling background, saying,<em>\u00a0&#8220;He was on the wrestling team and he&#8217;s done cage-fighting so it does not surprise me that he would act heroically.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Mintz was shot five times, but managed to survive the tragic event.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chris Mintz is an amateur MMA fighter with a background in wrestling and is now being hailed as a hero. 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