KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Police Department is honoring a man as a hero after he took a bullet in the back to save a woman’s life in June.
KMBC-TV  reports Qwamayne Frazier received a certificate of appreciation on Thursday night from the police department.
Frazier was hit by a bullet while trying to protect a woman from a shooting in Kansas City.
The woman was struck in the arm but wasn’t seriously injured. She is now his girlfriend.