SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2015

San Bernardino Shooting Hero To Co-worker: “I Got You”

Fox 13 in Salt Lake City reports those were the words Shannon Johnson told Denise Peraza as he shielded her with his body during Wednesday’s massacre at a county health department holiday party.

Johnson was one of 14 people who died at the Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino, California. Peraza was one of 21 others who were wounded.

Through a statement given to CNN by her husband, Peraza called Johnson a friend and a hero.

She said in the aftermath of the shooting she couldn’t remember much, but she recalled how Johnson saved her life. “I will always remember his left arm wrapped around me, holding me as close as possible next to him behind that chair,” she said. “And amidst all the chaos, I’ll always remember him saying these three words, “I got you.”

Johnson, 45, had been employed by San Bernardino County for 11 years. To his girlfriend, Mandy Pifer, he was the kindest man she had ever met. See below for an interview with Pifer about Johnson.

To Peraza, Shannon Johnson was her savior.