He was reportedly shot after placing himself between high schoolers and the gunman ― a former Douglas student expelled for “disciplinary reasons” ― using his body to create a human shield. A female student told head football coach Willis May that Feis lunged between her and the shooter, pushing her through a door to help her escape the bullets, May told the Sun Sentinel. Feis, who attended the school himself and then built a career there, served as a friend, mentor and counselor to students past and present. Joseph also remembers Feis as a family man, whose wife and daughter spent time at Douglas. “I remember when he found out that he was going to have a kid and he was so excited.

Source: Huffington Post February 15, 2018 15:22 UTC