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| Hailed as a Hero: UNC Charlotte attack | |
| 2019-05-02 | |
| [MSN] Heroes emerged from the bursts of gunfire that killed two UNC Charlotte students and injured four others in their classroom late Tuesday afternoon, stunning a sprawling campus of nearly 30,000 students on the last day of spring classes. Two students, Ellis Parlier, 19, of Midland, and Riley Howell, 21, of Waynesville, had been fatally shot. Four more were injured: Rami Alramadhan, 20, of Saihat, Saudi Arabia; Sean Dehart, 20, of Apex; Emily Houpt, 23, of Charlotte; and Drew Pescaro, 19, of Apex. Dehart has been released from the hospital and the other wounded students are expected to recover, Chancellor Phil Dubois said Wednesday. But the toll could have been much worse, Putney said. Howell tackled the shooter and saved other lives, the chief said.
Howell "did exactly what we train people to do you're going to run, you're going to hide and shield, or you're going to face the assailant," Putney said. "He did the latter (and) his sacrifice saved lives." John 15:13-17 (KJV) 13 Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. | |
| Posted by:Woodrow |
| #6 UNCC is, of course, a gun-free zone. Somehow the shooter didn't choose to obey the law (surprise.) Which just goes to show the idiocy and danger of gun-free policies. |
| Posted by: Tom 2019-05-02 12:06 |
| #5 Riley was a brave young man. God bless the heroes. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2019-05-02 11:06 |
| #4 When will this toxic masculinity end! /sarc |
| Posted by: Snusoper Phons4593 2019-05-02 08:39 |
| #3 If Howell had lived he probably would have been expelled for "unnecessary use of force". /sarc Brave young man. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2019-05-02 07:35 |
| #2 It's not just courage. It's processing what's going on and deciding. Lord, give me the strength if my time comes. |
| Posted by: Richard Aubrey 2019-05-02 05:54 |
| #1 Amen |
| Posted by: newc 2019-05-02 00:48 |