article_snippet.sent: Brady Olson, a government teacher, took down a gunman on Monday .
article_snippet.sent: Brady Olson, who teaches Advanced Placement government and civics at North Thurston High School in Lacey, knocked a 16-year-old student to the ground to the ground and kept a 16-year-old student to the ground pinned down until authorities arrived, witnesses said.
article_snippet.sent: Both students and staff said Both students and staff were not surprised that Olson, who has taught at North Thurston High School in Lacey for nine years, was the one to stop The shooter. '
article_snippet.sent: If anyone in North Thurston High School in Lacey were to do something like he did, I would think it would be he,' said student Teia Patan, 17, who is in one of Olson's classes. '
article_snippet.sent: Olson then tackled A 16-year-old student to the ground .
article_snippet.sent: Another student, 16-year-old Anthony Rybalkin, told the News Tribune that Olson was in the commons area when the shots were fired. '
article_snippet.sent: Rybalkin watched as Olson tackled A 16-year-old student to the ground.
highlights_snippet.sent: Brady Olson, a government teacher, tackled the teenager to the ground and kept A student pinned on the floor until authorities came and arrested the boy .
  