Army veteran Chris Mintz is recovering from several gunshot wounds after he charged and attempted to hold off the Umpqua Community College shooter yesterday in Oregon:
Here's your hero! Chris Mintz, Army vet used to live in Tacoma. He rushed the gunman and survived being shot 7 times pic.twitter.com/0lj8JF67or
— John R. Knicely (@KnicelyKIRO7) October 2, 2015
Army veteran Chris Mintz was shot 7 times while trying to save students in Oregon shooting http://t.co/AiDrJgps9m pic.twitter.com/qxacKw6D7d
— NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt (@NBCNightlyNews) October 2, 2015
The name of the Oregon shooter is not trending this morning. The name of Hero Chris Mintz is http://t.co/ydN1udPF4c pic.twitter.com/gAiKMQmQbH
— Samantha Barry (@samanthabarry) October 2, 2015
Jake Tapper pointed out that a GoFundMe page has been set up for Mintz:
Family of #UmpquaCommunityCollege hero Chris Mintz.sets up GoFundMe pagehttps://t.co/K7Zq9KuuGg
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) October 2, 2015
As of the time of publication of this post the amount raised was nearly $20,000 and going up fast.
And it was his sons 6th birthday,
Lets show him some LOVE…donate and pray https://t.co/7uDrBGYsGQ— S Wilson (@bwilsgirl) October 2, 2015
Jake, use your sway to get him a statue on the National Mall. This was Medal of Honor stuff. https://t.co/Jtm1Ut5ORO
— David Steinberg (@realDSteinberg) October 2, 2015
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