THE NORTH CAROLINA HIGHWAY.

TACKLING. AND BEATING THE GUNMAN

WHO OPENED FIRE INSIDE A

COLORADO SPRINGS GAY NIGHTCLUB

OVER THE WEEKEND. HIS DAUGHTER'S

BOYFRIEND DIED IN THE ATTACK

FOXES CLAUDIA COWEN HAS THE

STORY FROM COLORADO SPRINGS. I

NEEDED TO SAVE MY FAMILY AND

THAT FAMILY WAS AT THAT TIME.

EVERYBODY IN THAT ROOM AS WE

COLORADO SPRINGS NIGHTCLUB

SHOOTING STORIES OF HEROISM ARE

STARTING TO EMERGE MAINLY

CENTERED AROUND THIS MAN ARMY

VETERAN RICHARD FIERRO.

WITNESSES SAY HE SAVED DOZENS OF

LIVES WHEN HE TACKLED AND

DISARMED THE GUNMAN JUST MOMENTS

AFTER THE SHOOTING BEGAN. FIERRO

SAYS WHEN HE SAW THE MUZZLE

FLASH, HE KNEW IMMEDIATELY WHAT

WAS HAPPENING AND AFTER DUCKING

TO AVOID INCOMING FIRE, HIS

MILITARY INSTINCTS KICKED IN.

THAT'S WHAT I WAS TRAINED TO DO.

I'M BEING THIS GUYS GUYS TRYING

TO WIGGLE HE'S TRYING TO GET HIS

MEMO IS GUNS. TRIBUTES TO FIERRO

ARE NOW POURING IN THE MAYOR OF

COLORADO SPRINGS TO SAYING HE'S

NEVER ENCOUNTERED SOMEONE SO

HUMBLE AFTER A HEROIC ACT LIKE

THIS. AND PEOPLE HERE WHO ARE

STILL IN SHOCK, SAY FOCUSING ON

FIERROS BRAVERY IS HELPING THEM

IS A WHOLE COMMUNITY COMING

TOGETHER TO SHOW SUPPORT, AND

THAT'S FAR MORE POWERFUL. BUT

FIERRO SAYS HE FEELS NO JOY

BECAUSE FIVE PEOPLE DIED IN THE

SHOOTING. DESPITE HIS EFFORTS,

LAWMAKERS ON THE LOCAL AND

NATIONAL LEVEL SAY IT SHOULD

NEVER HAVE HAPPENED. AND THAT

MORE NEEDS TO BE DONE TO STOP

THE RECENT UPTICK OF VIOLENT

HATE CRIMES. WE ALL HAVE TO

SPEAK OUT ABOUT WHAT THIS KIND

OF VIOLENCE DOES AND WHAT IT

MEANS, AND IT IS NOT REFLECTIVE

OF WHO WE ARE. THE SHOOTING

SUSPECT REMAINS HOSPITALIZED.

IT'S UNKNOWN WHEN HE WILL BE

ARRAIGNED IN COLORADO SPRINGS.

CLAUDIA COWEN, FOX FOUR NEWS.