Another Cap hero..:-(

Born January 8th

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'He gave himself so others would have a chance': Heartbreaking open-casket funeral is held for heroic Santa Fe school shooting victim, 15, who was shot through a closet door while shielding his classmates from bullets

Christian Riley Garcia, 15, was one of the ten people gunned down in an art class last Friday at Santa Fe High School in Texas

Family and friends held an open-casket funeral service for Christian on Friday

His classmates have said that Christian used his body to barricade a closet door during the shooting, shielding others from bullets

Christian was a history buff who dreamed of pursuing a career in the military

Christian Riley Garcia, 15, was one of the ten people gunned down in an art class on the morning of May 18.

His classmates have said that Christian used his body to barricade against a closet door in the classroom to prevent the shooter from getting inside.

An open-casket funeral service was held on Friday in Crosby, Texas, in remembrance of the 15-year-old who had displayed bravery 'far beyond his years' during the tragic massacre just one week prior.

'[Christian] grabbed me and my teacher and got us into the closet,' Christian's best friend Courtney Marshall, 15, told ABC News.

'[The gunman] just shot into the closet. I saw my teacher just die in front of me and I just saw my best friend die in front of me.'

'Christian saved my life - he's a hero.'

'The sacrifice of his own life, others were allowed to escape and had some time to get away,' Pastor Keenan Smith said of the teen's bravery.

'We know there were several lives lost but his story is a story of true heroism. He gave himself so others would have a chance.'

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5773537/Open-casket-funeral-held-heroic-Santa-Fe-shooting-victim-shielded-classmates-bullets.html#ixzz5GctwQOw0

Wow *tears*

sad