When Travis Reinking opened fire, killing four and wounding four in the early hours of that Sunday, James Shaw sprung into action. Shaw wrestled the AR-15 away from Reinking and threw it over the counter. Reinking fled and Shaw saved numerous lives.
The wall of semi-trucks stretched across all of the westbound and eastbound lanes of the interstate—13 trucks in total—creating a shorter distance for the man to fall if he did, in fact, decide to jump.
“I had to keep my hand on something because it was shaking... Meanwhile said ‘child’ is a boy I care very much about. A boy sitting next to me hearing every word. A boy who is trying to wipe away the hot tear rolling down his cheek.”
