SEATTLE — A hero emerges from the chaos on Capitol Hill: The man who took a bullet in the middle of the crowd.
His brother says he is a hero.
"Yes," said Dino Gregory. "I mean what he did yesterday was so selfless. And what he did a lot of people wouldn't have done. He saved hundreds of lives while putting his own life in danger."
Dino Gregory says his younger brother, Dan Gregory, was where he had spent much of the last week, among the hundreds of protestors outside the Seattle Police Department East Precinct, decrying the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis police custody.
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He was eating his favorite food when he saw the mayhem.
"Eating a hot dog," said Dino Gregory, "And saw this car speeding down the road. People are jumping out of the way and immediately dropped his hot dog, ran over to the car."
Dan Gregory tried to stop it from moving.
"He grabbed the steering wheel," said Dino Gregory. "He started hitting the guy. And he let go of the steering wheel. The guy let go of the steering wheel. And the guy reached over and pulled for a gun. And Dan said he moved. And that's when the guy shot him. And he fell back."
That guy has been identified as 31-year-old Nikolas Alexander Fernandez. He waived his appearance at his bail hearing.
But his public defender told the judge Fernandez did not intend to drive into the crowd. He was on his way to work, got lost and was going the wrong way.
He said he thought Dan Gregory was trying to carjack him.
Gregory's brother took a photograph after Gregory's shoulder surgery Monday.
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So very proud he is of a 27-year-old man who acted so no one else would be hurt.
"That's what heroes do," said Dino Gregory. "Daniel's definitely a hero in my book."
He said their father spent 20 years as a Baltimore police officer. So they know there are good cops and those who are not.
Both he and Dan want what many others want: to be treated fairly.
The suspect is being held on $150,000 bail in the King County Jail.