TUCSON, Ariz. (KYMA, KECY) - A Tucson police officer was praised for his heroic actions in preventing a potential tragedy at a school. School safety officer William Bonanno was honored Thursday for confronting and arresting an armed intruder at Legacy Charter School.

Officer William Bonanno was working off-duty as a school safety officer when he arrested a man who entered a charter school with a gun and said he wanted to shoot students

TUCSON, Ariz., Feb. 06, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A heroic effort by School Safety Officer William Bonanno of the Tucson Police Department to protect children from an armed intruder at an east side school last month was recognized by state schools chief Tom Horne and Off Duty Management today.