A thread for remembering acts of heroism at a time when jerks, murderers, and cowards get so much attention, lets remember the names of those who contribute to instead of harm or take lives.

RILEY HOWELL, 21

Riley Howell, 21, was killed in the shooting at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte campus on Tuesday. The college junior’s final act was one of selfless heroism, according to police.

Howell was shot dead tackling the gunman, said Kerr Putney, the chief of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department, at a Wednesday press conference.

“He’s an athletically built young man and he took the fight to the assailant,” Putney said, according to CNN. “Unfortunately, he had to give his life to do so but he saved lives.”

Howell “took the suspect off his feet,” ultimately helping authorities capture him, Putney said.

Trystan Terrell, a 22-year-old former UNCC student, was arrested shortly after the shooting on Tuesday. Terrell was accused of opening fire in a UNCC classroom, killing Howell and another student, 19-year-old Ellis Parlier. Four others were injured, three of them critically.


http://www.yahoo.com/huffpost/riley-howell-unc-student-hero-shooting-102157535.html