PARKLAND, Florida — The U.S. Army has given medals to three Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps cadets killed in the Parkland school shootinglast week, a spokesperson told The Daily Beast on Tuesday.
The Medal of Heroism was presented to the family of Alaina Petty at a memorial service on Monday, the Army said, and will be given to the family of Peter Wang during his memorial service today. Martin Duque’s family will be given the medal on Saturday, the Army added. The medal recognizes cadets whose performance “involved the acceptance of danger and extraordinary responsibilities.”
All three students were allegedly killed by a fellow JROTC member, Nikolas Cruz, at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Wednesday.
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