Hero Sneaks Up on Gunman and Wrests Firearm From Him

The New South Wales leader has called the now-viral act ’the most unbelievable scene I’ve ever seen.'

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 carefully sneaks up to confront him.