From: KTLA.com (Los Angeles)

Palmdale-area Air Force Sergeant Died A Hero In Aurora Shooting

Jesse Childress, a 29-year-old Air Force sergeant from the Palmdale area, was one of the 12 people who died in the tragedy.

PALMDALE (KTLA) — Southern California had a victim in Friday’s mass shooting at a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado.

Jesse Childress, a 29-year-old Air Force sergeant from the Palmdale area, was one of the 12 people who died in the tragedy.

Childress died a hero when he jumped in front of a fellow service member to shield her from the flying bullets. The other service member said Childress saved her life.

The sergeant had gone to see “The Dark Knight Rises” with colleagues from the Buckley Air Force Base in Aurora, the Denver Post reported.

Childress, who was from the town of Lake Los Angeles, was on active duty and worked as a cyber systems operator. He loved comic books and playing sports, friends said.