UNC Charlotte student dies tackling gunman in classroom
Riley Howell, 21, a North Carolina student, tackled a gunman during an anthropology class at UNC Charlotte, saving others but losing his life. Four other students were wounded as police credited Howell with stopping the attack before he was fatally struck. Police Chief Kerr Putney praised his action as training in active shooter scenarios.
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Charlotte
North Carolina
Riley Howell
University of North Carolina
Howell
Charlotte-Mecklenburg
Kerr Putney
Tun
Matthew Westmoreland
University of North Carolina Charlotte
Chuck Burton
Death ruled self defense in Gaston County death
Joseph Robert Coley II died after a fight outside Stars Auto Sale in Gastonia when he was pushed and struck by a moving box truck. DA Locke Bell ruled the death an act of self-defense with no charges filed against others involved.
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Joseph Coley II
Gaston County
Joseph Robert Coley II
Amanda Coley
Kristen Garcia
Locke Bell
Stars Auto
West Franklin Boulevard
Gastonia
Coley
Bell
CaroMont Regional Medical Center
Councilman seeks open vet support group in Gaston County
Gastonia City Councilman David Humphries, a U S Air Force veteran, calls for a new informal veterans support group outside existing agencies to foster sharing, ideas, and problems. He aims to recruit area volunteers and secure resources for regular gatherings. He was spurred after addressing visually impaired veterans in Gastonia on behalf of the city.
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Gastonia
Gaston County
David Humphries
Veterans Service Agency
Humphries
U.S. Air Force
Dana
Obituaries Listings for North Carolina Area
Obituary notices list multiple local residents with ages and towns including David Rush 63 of Cramerton Clara Eden 82 of Belmont Bradley Haney 35 Gastonia Bonnie Taylor 94 Lincolnton Michael Franklin 53 Rock Hill Betty Allen 83 Gastonia Thomas Kirkland Sr. 87 Gastonia Calvin Garrett 61 Rutherfordton Hoyt Hamrick 93 Shelby Helen Schronce 81 Cherryville Donald Welch 58 Dallas Carl Rumfelt 98 Lincolnton Monica Brooks 54 Stanley
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David Rush
Cramerton
Clara Eden
Belmont
Bradley Haney
Gastonia
Bonnie Taylor
Lincolnton
Michael Franklin
Rock Hill
Betty Allen
Thomas Kirkland Sr
Calvin Garrett
Rutherfordton
Hoyt Hamrick
Shelby Helen Schronce
Cherryville
Donald Welch
Dallas Carl Rumfelt
Monica Brooks
Stanley
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Raleigh
Tom Foreman Jr
Sarah Blake Morgan
Associated Press
Terre
Alawson
Gastongazette.com
Joseph Coley
the Gazette
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Ibarrett
Lee
Mest
U.S. Senate
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