![]() ![]() “I would just like people to stop having so much anger. I’m an old soldier, so for me just to talk to a commander-in-chief is a big deal,” he said.īiden told reporters Thursday he would again attempt to work with Congress to “get rid of assault weapons.” When asked about the national conversation around firearms, Fierro said he has respect for such weapons from his training as a soldier and wants to see a different mentality regardless of where the gun debate turns next. ![]() “At the end of the day, I wish everybody could talk to him, and just to have that honor. President Joe Biden called Fierro and his wife, Jessica, Tuesday, White House spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre said, explaining the president wanted to thank Fierro for his “courageous actions” and “instinct to act” in thwarting the attack and saving lives.įierro told CNN Saturday he was “humbled” by the call. ![]() The suspected shooter is being held in custody without bond and faces five preliminary counts of first-degree murder and five counts of a bias-motivated crime - elsewhere called a hate crime - causing bodily injury, according to court documents. “Everyone else in that room was a hero with us and everybody’s got a hero story to just try and survive.”įierro’s daughter’s boyfriend, 22-year-old Raymond Green Vance, has been identified by authorities as among those killed in the shooting. ![]()
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