Tywanza Sanders, 26, killed while shielding victims

Tywanza is my son, but he was my hero.”  Sanders’ mother, Felicia Sanders

“Accounts originating from the three survivors of the attack indicate that the young man remained strikingly calm as he tried to talk the shooter out of what he was about to do. “You don’t have to do this,” Sanders said.

When the shooter moved to pull the trigger anyway, saying he was going to kill everyone in the room, Sanders is said to have leapt in front of the gun, putting himself between the firearm and his great aunt.“ 

Via theguardian