Gifts, Donations Flood in for Student Who Stopped Seattle Pacific Shooting

Jon Meis is the brave college student who stepped in to stop the Seattle Pacific University shooter with pepper spray, and his heroism has not gone unnoticed. As it turns out, Meis is getting married soon, and grateful people by the score have been buying gifts on his registry and raising money for him to show their appreciation.

Meis and his fiancé Kayle are registered at Target and Crate & Barrel , and, well, people responded quickly.

Hero #SPU student is getting married, let's fufill his registry! I just bought a tea kettle http://t.co/A7M025JJcY

— Jill Taylor (@JillOnSTAR) June 6, 2014

Want to give back to the brave soul that helped take the gunman down at SPU? Here's his wedding registry! Show love! http://t.co/ZrDQTEp2Hu

— L⊙V€ Sevenly (@7ly) June 6, 2014

Someone posted the wedding registry of the Seattle man who subdued the shooter. Folks bought every gift http://t.co/DzqbJ6BveG

— Cyrus Shepard (@CyrusShepard) June 7, 2014

In addition, one ESPN Seattle producer wanted to thank Meis as well, and so she set up a campaign online to raise money for him and not only did the crowdfunding campaign hit its target, it surpassed it. By a lot.

For those who wanted to support Jon Meis, the student who disarmed the #SPUshooting gunman yesterday, here's a site: http://t.co/2VrHY9taNy

— Jessamyn McIntyre (@JessamynESPN) June 6, 2014

UPDATE: In less than 24 hrs, almost $9K has been raised in support of Jon Meis, the man who took down the SPU shooter http://t.co/HSrrXrsVwd

— Jessamyn McIntyre (@JessamynESPN) June 7, 2014

As of this posting, they’ve raised $23,815. Wow.

[h/t The Blaze]
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