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Decorated Vietnam vet presents Purple Heart and Bronze Star to family of slain UNC Charlotte shooting hero
Hailed as a hero for knocking a shooter off his feet in a UNC Charlotte classroom, Riley Howell was posthumously awarded two of the military's highest honors in his hometown of Waynesville this week.
UNC Charlotte shooting hero awarded posthumous ROTC Medal of Heroism
Riley Howell, the Army ROTC cadet shot and killed while restraining an active shooter art UNC Charlotte on April 30, was posthumously awarded the ROTC Medal of Heroism earlier this month for his heroic sacrifice
Young military hopefuls are willing to go to war for their country. Instead, many are losing their lives in school shootings
We should be both grateful honored that heroes like these aspired to serve in our nation's armed forces overseas — and deeply ashamed that so many of their lives were taken here on U.S. soil before they ever got the chance
The ROTC cadet who sacrificed himself to stop the UNC Charlotte shooting receives a hero’s farewell
Riley Howell died in the UNC Charlotte shooting after pinning the gunman down and thwarting attempts to kill more of his classmates
The ROTC cadet who sacrificed his life to stop the UNC Charlotte gunman will be buried with military honors
The slain student hailed as a hero for tackling a gunman during last week's shooting at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNCC) will be buried on Sunday with full military honors
An Army ROTC cadet sacrificed his life to save his fellow classmates during the UNC Charlotte shooting
When a gunman opened fire on the campus of University of North Carolina at Charlotte on Tuesday, Army ROTC cadet Riley Howell sprang into action