A 29-year-old man saved numerous lives during a Waffle House shooting near Nashville, Tennessee, early Sunday morning.
James Shaw Jr. walked into the Antioch Waffle House with a friend at approximately 3:20 am. Minutes later, chaos broke out.
Police say the gunman opened fire at about 3:25 a.m. Shaw initially thought the noise came from someone dropping dishes. When he realized it was gunshots, he bolted toward the restrooms.
That’s when he saw the gunman.
At that moment, the shooter paused. Shaw decided to rush him.
“I figured if I was going to die, he was going to have to work for it,” Shaw told reporters.
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