Slain North Carolina college student confronted gunman, saved lives

Environmental studies student Riley Howell of Waynesville, North Carolina, one of two campus students shot to death on Tuesday evening, played a key role in ending the attack by a former student, said Kerr Putney, chief of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department.Unfortunately he had to give his life to do so," said Putney, himself a UNC Charlotte alumnus."He took the assailant off his feet."The other student killed in the shooting was Ellis Parlier, 19, officials said.