Hero at Sydney Mass Shooting Approaches Gunman From Behind, Disarms Him

New South Wales premier calls the act caught on camera, ’the most unbelievable scene I’ve ever seen' and credits the bystander with protecting countless lives.

Emergency vehicles at the scene of a shooting incident at Bondi Beach, Sydney, on Dec. 14, 2025. Izhar Khan/Reuters

A beachgoer who tackled and disarmed one of the gunmen has become an unexpected hero of the Dec. 14 shooting at a Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach.

Video filmed from a nearby apartment shows one of the attackers firing repeatedly toward crowds gathered along the foreshore before an unidentified man steps in and wrests the weapon from his hands.