"I believe in the providence of God. I believe that God brings the right people together at the right time to do the right thing and I don't fell like a hero. I feel like what I did was necessary to do, " he tells WKYC's Eric Mansfield.
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He says he was home that day because his oldest son was sick and could not go to church which is where his wife, daughter and youngest son were that Sunday morning. He told his son to stay inside, get on the floor and keep his head down.
Lavery, a former member of the Copley and the University of Akron Police Departments lives in the same neighborhood where Michael Hance, 51, killed members of the Johnson and Dieter families.
He says he was terrified during the rampage but acted on autopilot doing what he was trained to do.
Copley Township Police Chief Mike Mier says while Lavery fired at Hance, it was one of his current officers who took Hance down.
