BOILING SPRING LAKES, N.C. (WECT) – Five police officers received the Medal of Valor Thursday night for their response to a mass shooting that killed three people and injured several others at American Fish Company on Sept. 27.
The Medal of Valor is the highest award for any police officer. The officers ran into the American Fish Company, not knowing if it was still an active shooter situation, potentially putting their lives at risk, police chiefs for the Southport Police Department and Boiling Spring Lakes Police Department said.
Before EMS crews were allowed inside the bar for safety reasons, the officers provided tourniquets and performed CPR themselves, helping save some of the victims’ lives…