Gilbert Serna ushered customers and colleagues to safety after a gunman opened fire at his Walmart store.
A longtime Walmart employee who leapt into action and ushered dozens of people to safety when a gunman opened fire at his El Paso, Texas, store may have saved more than 100 lives thanks to his selfless heroism.
Once outside, Serna said he opened four shipping containers and told the group to hide there. The father of two estimated that he’d led around 100 people out of the besieged Walmart.Gilbert Serna is 37 and has worked at the Cielo Vista Walmart for almost 19 years. On Saturday, he helped more than 100 people escape the shooting by ushering them out of a fire exit to the back of the building and hiding them in large shipping containers pic.twitter.
“I noticed people with gunshot wounds to their legs, arms, thighs, some graze wounds. That’s when it really hit me — like, oh man, this guy’s out to kill people,” he told BuzzFeed, adding that he saw someone carrying a baby covered in blood. As CNN noted, Serna was among the many heroes who risked their lives on Saturday to help others in need.
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