Popsugar Celebrity Award Season Chadwick Boseman Gives Award to James Shaw Jr. at MTV Awards Chadwick Boseman Gives His "Best Hero" Award to Real-Life Hero James Shaw Jr. 19 June 2018 by Laura Marie Meyers Image Source: Getty / Kevin Winter When Black Panther star Chadwick Boseman accepted the award for best hero at this year's MTV Movie and TV Awards, he took the opportunity to share his award with a "real-life" hero instead. "Receiving an award for playing a superhero is amazing, but it's even greater to acknowledge the heroes that we have in real life," he said. "I just want to acknowledge somebody that's here today: James Shaw Jr. If you don't know James Shaw Jr., he fought off a gunman in Antioch, Tennessee at a Waffle House. He saved lives." The actor surprised James by inviting him on stage, and he got emotional as he held up his award and told James, "This is going to live at your house." James Shaw Jr. made headlines earlier this year when he rushed a shooter at a Waffle House, intervening after shots were fired to save lives. At a press conference following the shooting, he insisted he wasn't a hero. "I'm just a regular person," he said. "You have to either react or you're going to fold, and I chose to react because I didn't see any other way of living, and that's all I wanted to do. I just wanted to live." Following the MTV Movie and TV Awards, Chadwick took to Twitter to acknowledge James again. "I was honoured to meet @JamesShawJr9. He saved countless lives by tackling a gunman who opened fire on people in Antioch, Tennessee in April," he wrote, adding, "He's a true hero that walks among us." Keep reading to watch the touching moment, then see more snaps of the Black Panther cast's special night. The #MTVAwards Best Hero @chadwickboseman shares his award with a real life hero 🏆 pic.twitter.com/dTyqcmFVwx— MTV (@MTV) June 19, 2018 Image Source: Twitter user MTV 1 / 15 Image Source: Getty / Kevin Winter 2 / 15 Image Source: Getty / Kevin Winter 3 / 15 Image Source: Getty / Jeff Kravitz 4 / 15 Image Source: Getty / Kevin Winter 5 / 15 Image Source: Getty / Kevin Winter 6 / 15 Image Source: Getty / Jeff Kravitz 7 / 15 Image Source: Getty / Kevin Winter 8 / 15 Image Source: Getty / Kevin Winter 9 / 15 Image Source: Getty / Kevin Winter 10 / 15 Image Source: Getty / Kevin Winter 11 / 15 Image Source: Getty / Frazer Harrison/VMN18 12 / 15 Image Source: Getty / Jeff Kravitz 13 / 15 Image Source: Getty / Jeff Kravitz 14 / 15 Image Source: Getty / Kevin Winter 15 / 15 Award SeasonJames Shaw Jr.MTV Movie And TV AwardsChadwick BosemanCelebritiesZazie Beetz