‘I knew what to do’: Journey nurse makes use of army coaching to disarm knife-wielding attacker

BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX/Gray News) – A touring nurse used their military-style methods to assist subdue a knife-wielding man final week.

Leceadricke Young was leaving work at Elderwood Nursing Home last Friday when he stated he noticed a person seize a girl by her throat and slam her down.

Young went to test on the girl together with a fireplace captain who additionally arrived on the scene. That’s when the person, later recognized as 29-year-old Wayne Butchino, allegedly pulled a knife and chased the hearth captain, with Young leaping into motion.

“In the process of him focusing on the fire captain, I just basically ran up behind him, grabbed his arm, and flipped him on the ground,” Young stated.

The good Samaritan efficiently flung the knife out of Butchino’s hand utilizing these military-style methods he had discovered in an explorer program as a teen in Mississippi.

“I knew what to do; we know how to disarm, but I never thought I would have to use it,” Young stated.

Alongside working as a journey nurse, Young teaches such intervention expertise to children he mentors.

“It’s just something you can pass on and just a great thing to learn, because you never know what could happen if you’re in that situation,” he stated.

Police arrived on the scene a couple of minutes later and arrested Butchino, who faces a number of costs, together with tried homicide.