NASHVILLE — The man who snatched an AR-15 rifle from a gunman at a busy Tennessee restaurant says his was a “selfish” act of self-preservation and he doesn’t consider himself a hero. It was life or death,” said James Shaw Jr., a 29-year-old Nashville resident who found himself wrestling with the suspect after four people had already been fatally shot at a Waffle House bustling with wee hour patrons early Sunday in Nashville. There he was singled out by Waffle House CEO Walter Ehmer, who was present and thanked Shaw for his bravery. “We are forever in your debt.”Shaw said that after going to a nightclub he had decided to stop with a friend early Sunday at a Waffle House. As he entered the Waffle House, he was just two minutes ahead of the gunman, seating himself at a counter.

Source: National Post April 22, 2018 20:52 UTC