Brantley Gilbert Honors Waffle House Hero James Shaw Jr.

Apr 29, 2018 | 12:34 PM

Brantley Gilbert wanted to do something to honor the courage of James Shaw Jr. — the 29-year-old man who disarmed the shooter and has already started a GoFundMe page to raise money for the victims’ families which has passed over $180,000 (as of early Sunday morning)

“When you see someone like James, who just jumped up and did what he did – and you think about the lives he saved, you realize what a special kind of guy he is,” Gilbert says. “I called my manager, Rich Egan, and asked if there was any way we could do something that would shine a light and remind everyone that heroes can be real life people. We came up with the idea of creating ‘I Believe in Heroism’ t-shirts that we will sell at our May 4th Nashville show and give the proceeds to James.”