Riley Howell Receives Purple Heart and Bronze Star

From CNN:

He died saving the lives of others, and now he's receiving posthumous medals for his heroic actions.

Riley Howell, the University of North Carolina at Charlotte student who died April 30 while tackling a gunman, has been awarded a Purple Heart and a Bronze Star, according to a Facebook post by the Waynesville, North Carolina, police.

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