MORTON, Ill. (AP) — A 75-year-old chess instructor who fended off a knife-wielding man who threatened children at a central Illinois library say this week’s attack will not stop his class from holding its next meeting.
James Vernon has one arm in a sling and says his life has been otherwise inconvenienced since he disarmed 19-year-old Dustin Brown, who entered the Morton Public Library on Tuesday threatening to commit murder.
But the Army veteran told The Associated Press he was “not going to let this stop the important activity” of teaching children chess.
Brown was awaiting trial on child pornography charges when he burst into the library on Tuesday.
He is now being held in lieu of $800,000 bond on charges of attempted murder, armed violence and aggravated battery.
