Marine veterans Matthew Kolakowski and Derrick Perry played a major role in helping to stop a man who had stabbed several people at a Walmart near Traverse City, Michigan, over the weekend.

“Both individuals were instrumental in the detaining of the individual until law enforcement could arrive,” Grand Traverse County Sheriff Michael Shea told Task & Purpose on Tuesday.

Bradford James Gille faces charges of terrorism and assault with intent to murder after allegedly using a 3-and-a-half-inch knife to stab 11 people at the mall on July 26, a Grand Traverse County Sheriff’s Office news release says. Gille pleaded not guilty at his arraignment on Monday.

Kolakowski, an Iraq War veteran, was at the Walmart with his 13-year-old daughter, her friend, and his brother-in-law when the attack beg

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