.....good with everyone,” he told the AP. “She wasn’t afraid of anything.”

“She was a good shot,” Carey said of Munley. “Her abilities and the training that she got here hopefully had a lot to do with preparing her for that situation.”

Carey said Munley joined the force in March 2000 as a reserve officer and became a permanent employee in the fall of that year.

Carey said several of his officers, who kept in touch with Munley over the years, spoke with her Friday and were proud of her actions.

“I think everybody here is,” he said. “We’re just thankful she was able to intervene.”

Dave Spencer, principal at John T. Hoggard High School in Wilmington, N.C., said he knew Munley as a student ...

.....good with everyone,” he told the AP. “She wasn’t afraid of anything.”

“She was a good shot,” Carey said of Munley. “Her abilities and the training that she got here hopefully had a lot to do with preparing her for that situation.”

Carey said Munley joined the force in March 2000 as a reserve officer and became a permanent employee in the fall of that year.

Carey said several of his officers, who kept in touch with Munley over the years, spoke with her Friday and were proud of her actions.

“I think everybody here is,” he said. “We’re just thankful she was able to intervene.”

Dave Spencer, principal at John T. Hoggard High School in Wilmington, N.C., said he knew Munley as a student athlete who excelled in volleyball and softball and was involved in community service before her 1993 graduation.

He said the school planned a brief tribute to her at a Friday night football game. Of her actions, he said, “if you remember the kind of young person she was, you could easily understand it.”

He noted, “She’s the type of kid that stands out even 16, 17 years later.”

Munley went on to receive her law enforcement certification from Cape Fear Community College in Wilmington, N.C., in August 1999.

Ricky Simpson, who trained Munley for her certification, said he recalls her determination and friendly nature.

“She was small in statue, but tremendous heart and tremendous ambition to be an officer,” Simpson told the AP.

“Maybe we had some small part,” he said of the training program. “She’s certainly a hero, and probably saved a lot more lives.”

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