"I'm not a hero. I'm just a regular person," James Shaw Jr said at a news conference just hours after he wrestled a gunman's rifle away with his bare hands at a Waffle House in Antioch, Tennessee. He had just saved lives inside the restaurant, but he insisted he only acted to save his own. It was half past three in the morning on April 22, 2018 when the shooting started. Shaw was sitting at the counter with a friend when a man opened fire, killing four people. He dropped to the floor and slid toward the bathroom, watching. When the gunman paused to reload, Shaw ran at him, grabbed the still hot barrel with his bare hands, and wrestled the rifle away before throwing it behind the counter and forcing the man outside. He came away with burns on his hand and a bullet graze on his elbow. That same day, Shaw set up a fundraiser for the families of Akilah DaSilva, DeEbony Groves, Joe Perez and Taurean Sanderlin, the four people killed in the shooting. He asked for $15,000. He ended up raising $241,826, and handed the full amount over to the families at a private ceremony three weeks later. #News #Hero #fblifestyle

"I'm not a hero. I'm just a regular person," James Shaw Jr said at a news conference just hours after he wrestled a gunman's rifle away with his bare hands at a Waffle House in Antioch, Tennessee. He had just saved lives inside the restaurant, but he insisted he only acted to save his own. It was half past three in the morning on April 22, 2018 when the shooting started. Shaw was sitting at the counter with a friend when a man opened fire, killing four people. He dropped to the floor and slid toward the bathroom, watching. When the gunman paused to reload, Shaw ran at him, grabbed the still hot barrel with his bare hands, and wrestled the rifle away before throwing it behind the counter and forcing the man outside. He came away with burns on his hand and a bullet graze on his elbow. That same day, Shaw set up a fundraiser for the families of Akilah DaSilva, DeEbony Groves, Joe Perez and Taurean Sanderlin, the four people killed in the shooting. He asked for $15,000. He ended up raising $241,826, and handed the full amount over to the families at a private ceremony three weeks later. #News #Hero #fblifestyle