Armed School Employee Prevents Man From Allegedly Kidnapping Juvenile Utah Girl

An armed school employee at an elementary school in Utah prevented an alleged kidnapping on the school’s playground earlier this week.

Police at the scene of a shooting at the Salt Lake County Sheriff's Office in Salt Lake City, Utah, on April 10, 2021. Trent Nelson/file/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP

An armed school employee at an elementary school in Utah prevented an alleged kidnapping on the school’s playground earlier this week, police said.

The incident happened at Lincoln Elementary School on Tuesday and involved a 41-year-old male suspect, identified as Ira Cox-Berry, the Ogden Police Department said in a press release.