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Man who helped stop Club Q shooter describes the instinct to protect 'family'

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A man whose single-minded focus helped stop the killing during the shooting at Colorado Springs' Club Q Saturday, sat down with NBC's Steve Patterson to describe the instinct to protect his family that drove him to risk his life taking down the shooter.

Richard Fierro and Thomas James stopped the gunman and prevented him from injuring more people, Colorado Springs Police Department Chief Adrian Vasquez said.

Fierro said he and his family were at the club to watch his daughter's junior prom date perform when a man "came in shooting." Fierro, an Army veteran who served three tours of duty in Iraq and one in Afghanistan, said his reflexes kicked in.

Fierro's daughter was injured in the shooting. Her boyfriend, Raymond Green Vance, was killed.

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