Riley Howell, a 21-year-old University of North Carolina student who died in April while tackling a gunman on campus, has been immortalized by the makers of Star Wars as a Jedi master
The makers of Star Wars have created a character in honor of Riley Howell, according to CNN affiliate WLOS.Howell was a 21-year-old ROTC cadet and student at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. He died in April while tackling a gunman on campus. Authorities have said that Howell saved the lives of others when he charged the shooter who had opened fire with a pistol in a classroom.
He's a Jedi master and he's a hero," Lauren Westmoreland, who was Howell's girlfriend, told WLOS."It's really cool that's how he's immortalized is through one of those because that's probably one of the best things they could have picked," Westmoreland told the outlet, adding that his fifth birthday was Star Wars themed.His cake had figurines on it, she said, and he made everyone be quiet so he could name them all aloud.
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