James Shaw Jr. didn't expect to become a hero when he walked into a local Waffle House. Content to chill with a good friend, have some food and head home, he found himself thrust into a situation he couldn't have imaged when gunman Travis Reinking opened fire in the Nashville restaurant, killing four people in the process.
Shaw Jr., who is quick to discount his actions, reacted in the only way he knew how. After realizing that shots were being fired, Shaw Jr. ran toward the bathroom and out of harms way. When he spotted an opportunity to take the gun away from Reinking, he put his life on the line and saved so many others.