Obama honors bravery of 13 police officers
In a ceremony in the East Room, Obama draped the purple-and-yellow ribbons around the necks of officers who intervened in shooting rampages, hostage situations and an armed robbery.
Confronting 23-year-old gunman John Zawahri in the campus library, the officers shot and killed him when he pointed his assault weapon at them.
[...] honored were Gregory Stevens of suburban Dallas; Mario Gutierrez of Miami; Louis Cioci of Johnson City, N.Y.; Donald Thompson of Los Angeles; Coral Walker of Omaha, Neb.; Niel Johnson of North Miami; FBI Special Agent Tyler Call; and sheriff’s Deputy Joey Tortorella of Niagara County, N.Y.