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President Donald Trump presents the Medal of Valor to Officer David Denlinger of the Dayton Police Department during a White House ceremony in Washington on Sept. 9, 2019. Win McNamee/Getty Images
WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump on Sept. 9 honored six police officers and five civilians who responded to the mass shootings in August in Dayton, Ohio, and El Paso, Texas.
Six police officers who took down a gunman before he entered a Dayton bar on Aug. 4 received the Medal of Valor, the nation’s highest public safety award.
Emel Akan is a senior White House correspondent for The Epoch Times, where she covers the policies of the Trump administration. Previously, she reported on the Biden administration and the first term of President Trump. Before her journalism career, she worked in investment banking at JPMorgan. She holds an MBA from Georgetown University.