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Would you consider this man a hero for his actions in disarming a suspect (a man WITHOUT A WEAPON)?

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/richard-fierro-subdued-colorado-shooting-gunman_n_637c23cfe4b0f04daf562124
Veteran Recounts Subduing Colorado Gunman With Help From Drag Queen In Heels

Richard Fierro, a decorated Army veteran who was at an LGBTQ+ nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on Saturday night when a gunman opened fire, has recalled how he worked with another patron and a drag performer to stop the shooter from killing more people.
Fierro was at Club Q with his wife, daughter and friends watching a drag show when a shooter wearing body armor and carrying an AR-15-style rifle killed five people and injured 19 others.

In a news conference from his home, Fierro and his wife, Jessica Fierro, described how he charged across the room, pulled the gunman to the ground from behind by his body armor and beat him with his own weapon.
“I just went into combat mode,” Fierro said, according to The New York Times. “I just know I have to kill this guy before he kills us.”

Fierro, a veteran of four combat tours of Iraq and Afghanistan and a former platoon leader, said he started shouting orders to a young man who had stopped nearby to help, The Washington Post reported. Fierro had grabbed the gunman’s pistol, and was beating him with it while directing the young man to move the rifle.
“I said, ‘Kick him! Move the AR!’ Then I just started hitting him. But he was in armor plates, so I started hitting him wherever there was skin,” Fierro said, according to the Post.

When the man helping him grew tired, Fierro said he flagged down a drag queen in high heels to help, shouting, “Kick him!”

Would you consider this man a hero for his actions in disarming a suspect (a man WITHOUT A WEAPON)?
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