Fort Bragg soldier receives high honor after stepping in during shooting
A soldier at Fort Bragg is being honored after putting
himself in harm's way to save a life in an
active shooter situation in Fayetteville
22 year old Sergeant Brian Lieberman heard gunshots outside his
apartment in June of 2023
This is video from the scene that night
He jumped in to treat the victim and then shielded
her from more gunfire
WREL's Heidi Kirk shows us what's what being awarded the
Soldier's Medal means to him
It's not about this medal for Sergeant Brian Lieberman
When you ask him about June 5 2023 he'll tell
you his goal was to save a life
Kind of just hit fight or flight and reverted back
to everything that the army's taught me
It was just me doing my job
Sergeant Lieberman was inside his apartment at the reserve at
Carrington Place when he heard gunshots
He rushed to the scene identified a 14 year old
girl with a gunshot wound and sprung into action using
his skills as a medic to treat her
As I was treating her the shooters drove past us
again
Began shooting at us again threw myself over the girl
when we began getting shot at again to almost use
myself as a shield to her so she wouldn't get
shot again
Ultimately he forced the shooter to leave the scene by
shooting back and saved her life
He says it's what he learned to do in the
army but it's also the morals he was taught as
a child
His mom has 30 years of nursing experience
His dad a paramedic and
officer
My mom since I was 5 years old as long
as I could remember would always stop at car accidents
to try to treat people and see if everyone was
OK and try to help where she was able to
At today's ceremony a lot of accolades for Lieberman but
he remains humble
He says the experience has made him a better leader
to the soldiers he trains so I'm always training them
and teaching them
Honing in on them so that they can hone in
on their skills so that no matter where they are
no matter what they're doing they're always prepared
Heidi Kirk WOL News Fayetteville