The hero who saved people during a shooting in a cafe in Tennessee collected $ 180 thousands for families of victims

Four wooden crosses were erected near the Waffle House restaurant in Tennessee, where the shooting took place on April 22, decorated with balloons and hearts as a reminder of the victims of the shooting.

James Shaw.
Photo: GoFundMe

In addition, the crosses were supplemented with photographs of each of the four victims, which were from 20 to 29 years, writes NPR.

Two more people were seriously injured during the incident, they are in hospital.

Company Waffle house stated that the proceeds from the restaurant, located in the vicinity of Antioqui, where the shooting occurred, will be transferred to the families of the victims.

“For 30 days, we will be donating 100% of sales from this restaurant to the victims and their families,” the statement said. Waffle house.

The Tennessee General Assembly noted that the losses from the attack "would certainly have been much greater" if it were not for James Shaw, who managed to take away the weapon from the attacker.

The Assembly expressed official gratitude to the 29-year-old Shaw, who does not consider himself a hero. However, the man decided to take advantage of universal recognition and apply it to the benefit of the victims of the shooting and their families.

The show created a page on the portal GoFundMe to raise money for the families of the victims, setting a goal of 15 thousand dollars on it, but in a few days the man managed to raise a much larger amount.

At the time of writing, more than 182 thousand dollars were collected on the page.

In addition, New York journalist Yashar Ali also created GoFundMe pageto “support the James Shaw”.

At the time of writing, almost 192 thousands of dollars were collected on it.

29-year-old shooter Travis Reinking was arrested the day after the shooting in a wooded area near the restaurant. He is accused of four murders and four attempted murders, one of which was directed against Shaw - the man was shot in the arm.

Court proceedings on this case will begin on 7 May.

Waffle house, in which the shooting occurred, opened three days after the incident.

Recall, 22 April Travis Reking made a shooting at Waffle House in Antioch (Tennessee), resulting in the death of a 4 man, four more were injured. At the moment when the offender reloaded his rifle, one of the visitors to the restaurant, James Shaw pounced on him and was able to take away the weapon, after this the shooter ran away.

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