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Waffle House shooting hero honored by Tennessee lawmakers in emotional ceremony

    By Bill Hutchinson

Apr 24, 2018, 6:34 PM ET


PHOTO: James Shaw Jr. is honored on April 24 by the Tennessee State Legislature for his actions to disarm a shooter at a Waffle House in Nashville, Tenn., April 22, 2018.Play
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In an emotional ceremony Tuesday at the Tennessee Capitol, lawmakers gave James Shaw Jr., the man who stopped the deadly attack a Waffle House in a Nashville suburb, a standing ovation for his bravery.

"You were confronted with the most unspeakable evil imaginable and you acted with the utmost honor, heroism, imaginable," state Rep. Jason Powell told Shaw. "And I want to say, James Shaw Jr., you are my hero and you are Tennessee's hero."

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