President Joe Biden on Friday will award five Metronashville police officers the nation’s top prize by public safety officers during the March 2023 shooting at Covenant Schools.

Sergeant Jeffrey Mathes, Officer Rex Englebert, Detectives Michael Colaz, Ryan Cale and Zachary Press will receive medals of courage at the White House ceremony.

When law enforcement arrived at Christian schools following an aggressive report on the shooting situation on March 27, 2023, five people entered the building, cleared classrooms and “sounds of gunfires met a gunman.” I ran towards it,” the White House press release said. .

Engelbert and Colaz subsequently shot and killed a 28-year-old shooter, killing six elementary school students and three staff members.

In the US Senate, Biden co-hosted the 2001 Valor Act Public Sheriff’s Medal, allowing the president to award the award to the security officer for extraordinary courage beyond his duties.

The candidates were recommended by medals from the US Attorney General and Valor Review Board. Its members were appointed to a four-year term by the president, Senate majority and minority leaders, House Speaker and House Minority Leader.

The medal winners have shown extraordinary courage (ignoring one’s personal safety) when trying to save a human life, according to a press release.