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Man and couple who died trying to stop shooters hailed as heroes
The Straits Times
|December 17, 2025
SYDNEY - While a Sydney shop owner is being hailed as a hero after disarming one of the gunmen shooting at a Jewish holiday event at Bondi Beach, a couple and another man who died after physically confronting the attackers are also being remembered for their heroic efforts to save those around them.
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Mr Reuven Morrison, 62, was shot dead after trying to halt the bloodshed, his daughter, Ms Sheina Gutnick, told American broadcaster CBS News in a report published on Dec 15.
"He had jumped the second the shooting started. He managed to throw bricks. He was screaming at the terrorist and protecting his community," she said. "If there is one way for him to go on this earth, it would be fighting a terrorist."
Mr Morrison's actions are visible in several videos posted on social media.
After 43-year-old Ahmed al Ahmed, a Muslim father of two, charged at one of the gunmen from behind and disarmed him, a man is seen chasing the terrorist and hurling something at him.
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