A North Carolina college student tackled a gunman who opened fire in his classroom, saving others' lives but losing his own in the process, police said Wednesday.
Riley Howell, 21, was among the students gathered for end-of-year presentations in an anthropology class at the University of North Carolina-Charlotte when a gunman with a pistol began shooting students. Howell and another student were killed; four others were wounded.
The father of Howell's longtime girlfriend said news that he tackled the shooter wasn't surprising. Kevin Westmoreland, whose daughter Lauren dated Howell for nearly six years, said Howell was athletic and compassionate -- and would have been a good firefighter or paramedic. "He always was able to put others before himself and never hesitated to help anyone who needed it," the statement read.
Terrell, 22, was charged with two counts of murder, four counts of attempted murder and other charges. Rold said the Charlotte campus shooting is the latest in a long line of mass shootings that won't end until laws reduce the volume of guns readily available.
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