John Bickley

I'm Daily Wire executive editor John Bickley with Georgia Howe.

It's Monday, December 15th.

This is Morning Wire.

And a judge orders Kilmar Abrego-Garcia to be released and bars ICE from retaining the alleged human smuggler.

Daily Wire senior editor Cabot Phillips has the latest on this horrific scene, as well as a separate attack on American troops in Syria.

Hey Cabot, so let's start with this devastating news out of Australia that broke yesterday.

What do we know so far?

Yeah, on Sunday, hundreds of people, most of them Jewish, had gathered at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia to celebrate the start of Hanukkah.

That is when two men, reportedly motivated by Islamic extremism, opened fire with rifles.

They killed at least 15 people.

and wounded more than two dozen others in the largest single attack on Jews since October 7th, 2023.

Among the victims were a prominent rabbi in the community, as well as a 12-year-old girl.

Witnesses said it was clear that the men were not just shooting at everyone, but again, specifically targeting beachgoers who were visibly Jewish.

As the gunman poured shot after shot into the crowd, a heroic bystander took matters into his own hands.

Stunning video from the scene shows an unarmed man creeping towards the gunman from behind a row of cars.

He gets within a few feet and then leaps on one of the terrorists, wrestling the rifle away from him.

For our audience watching on Daily Wire, here is that incredible footage.

And even more incredible, that heroic bystander who was himself a local Muslim man was reportedly shot twice in the process, but still managed to disarm the gunman.

Thankfully, he is expected to make a full recovery.

Ultimately, one of the terrorists was killed by authorities responding to the scene, while the other was also shot and taken into custody.