Matthew Cobos is an American Cavalry scout in the US Army who has gone viral on the internet after a photo was taken of Cobos shielding a girl from the Las Vegas Mass shooting that occurred on October, 2017. ^{[0] [1]}

Born and raised in the state of California, and grew up in the southern Cali town of Trabuco Canyon, a small unincorporated community located in the foothills of the Santa Ana Mountains in eastern Orange County. ^[0]

Growing up as a teenager, Matthew was a part of the Lacross team. ^[7]

He graduated from Tesoro High School. ^[0]

Matthew is a Cavalry scout for the US Army. He joined sometime after he graduated high school. ^[0]

On the Sunday night of October 1st, 2017, Matthew had attended the Route 91 Harvest country music where a Mass shooting enacted by Stephen Paddock took place. ^[5]As the bullets rained down from the Mandalay Bay Resort, Matthew took measures to protect concert goers from danger. ^[4]

A photographer by the name of David Becker began to snap photos as the chaos ensued and human bodies were being decimated by gunshots.

He captured Matthew as he shielded a woman on the ground from the violence, and covered her eyes with his hands so that she would not see the carnage.

According to the photographer, Matthew and the woman eventually got up and helped her to safety, and saw when Matthew continued helping others.

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As the shooting continued, Matthew did his best to help people in danger.

He would use his belt to stop the bleeding from other people and plugged bullet holes on people's bodies.

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Around the internet, and the rest of the country, publications have heralded Matthew for his heroism.

He was able to make it out alive.

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