Riley Howell’s Parents Say He Was Shot 3 Times While Tackling the U.N.C. Charlotte Gunman

The New York Times ^ | May 6, 2019 | Jim Dwyer and Myah Ward

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He kept charging. A bullet to the torso did not stop Riley Howell. A second bullet to the body did not prevent him from reaching his goal and hurling himself at the gunman who opened fire last week inside a classroom at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. The third bullet came as Mr. Howell was inches from the gunman, who fired at point-blank range into his head. Mr. Howell’s parents said their 21-year-old son, who is being heralded for his bravery, was shot at least three times. He tackled the gunman so forcefully that the suspect complained to first responders after his arrest of internal injuries, the parents said the authorities told them. Thomas Howell, 48, who works as a trauma nurse, said he saw his son’s body and viewed evidence suggesting that the gun muzzle was pressed against his son’s skin when he was shot for the third time, either as he and the gunman fell or were on the ground. “This was burned,” Mr. Howell said, pointing to a spot along the jawbone near his right ear. “That bullet went up into his brain and killed him.” That final shot marked the end of what could have been a far worse massacre, the police told his parents. “The chief said no one was shot after Riley body-slammed him,” said his mother, Natalie Henry-Howell.

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That’s what I’m thinking!

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Don’t know if the term “disarming” applies. The guy who helped to stop the “mentally ill” deranged POS was a ROTC student at the university and did what he knew to do w/o being armed. All I know is when you announce and create all of these “gun free” zones you are creating the exact place these sick POS are going to feel “free” to act out in!

But if you call a spade a spade and twit it or say it in the wrong forum these days you are banned!!!!!!!! Guys and gals it is being to be the time for.....