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'His sacrifice saved lives': UNC-Charlotte shooting victim tackled the gunman
Source: Washington Post
‘His sacrifice saved lives’: UNC-Charlotte shooting victim tackled the gunman
Student Riley Howell was described as a hero in an incident that left him and student Ellis Parlier dead.
By Jodie Valade, Susan Svrluga and Nick Anderson May 1 at 5:45 PM
CHARLOTTE — Facing a gunman in his classroom, Riley Howell chose to fight.
Authorities said Wednesday that the 21-year-old student at the University of North Carolina’s campus here knocked the assailant off his feet at a pivotal moment in Tuesday’s shooting, saving the lives of others even as Howell himself received a mortal wound.
Kerr Putney, chief of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department, described Howell as “the first and foremost hero” in an incident that left two dead and four injured but could have turned out far worse.
“But for his work, the assailant may not have been disarmed,” Putney said of Howell in a televised news conference. “Unfortunately, he gave his life in the process. But his sacrifice saved lives.”
Putney said Howell, of Waynesville, N.C., was probably the second UNC-Charlotte student to die in the shooting that occurred in the Kennedy Building shortly after a class began at 5:30 p.m. The other fatality, officials said, was Ellis “Reed” Parlier, 19, of Midland, N.C.
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Student Riley Howell was described as a hero in an incident that left him and student Ellis Parlier dead.
By Jodie Valade, Susan Svrluga and Nick Anderson May 1 at 5:45 PM
CHARLOTTE — Facing a gunman in his classroom, Riley Howell chose to fight.
Authorities said Wednesday that the 21-year-old student at the University of North Carolina’s campus here knocked the assailant off his feet at a pivotal moment in Tuesday’s shooting, saving the lives of others even as Howell himself received a mortal wound.
Kerr Putney, chief of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department, described Howell as “the first and foremost hero” in an incident that left two dead and four injured but could have turned out far worse.
“But for his work, the assailant may not have been disarmed,” Putney said of Howell in a televised news conference. “Unfortunately, he gave his life in the process. But his sacrifice saved lives.”
Putney said Howell, of Waynesville, N.C., was probably the second UNC-Charlotte student to die in the shooting that occurred in the Kennedy Building shortly after a class began at 5:30 p.m. The other fatality, officials said, was Ellis “Reed” Parlier, 19, of Midland, N.C.
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Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2019/05/01/unc-charlotte-shooting-victims-were-students-officials-say/
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