WASHINGTON — A fifth-grader at the Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis has been honored with a Congressional Citizen Award for leaping in front of gunfire to protect a classmate during a mass shooting in in August. Victor Greenawalt, now 11, received the award Capitol with Minnesota Senators Amy Klobuchar and Tina Smith. He was among six honorees- for “extraordinary bravery far beyond his years.” Greenawalt and 8-year-old friend Weston Halsne had been in a church pew at the school when a shooter opened fire. Besides two deaths, 10 others were wounded. Greenewald’s citation noted that he “instinctively protected a classmate with his own body, directly saving their life.”

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