James Young Red McDaniel, 53, of Daingerfield, Texas, died on June 22, 1980, after intervening in a mass shooting at First Baptist Church of Daingerfield. A railroad shop foreman at the Texas & Northern Railroad and a member of the church, McDaniel tried to subdue the gunman and was shot multiple times. He managed to push the shooter out of the church doors; the attacker continued firing at him and later ran away. McDaniel succumbed to his wounds the same day.

The attack killed five people and injured ten others. Another man, Kenneth Truitt, who also attempted to help, was fatally wounded. A monument now stands outside the church honoring the victims and the actions of McDaniel and Truitt. The shooter, Alvin King III, was arrested and charged; he later died by suicide in custody before trial.

Did anyone who attended First Baptist Church in 1980 or the Daingerfield community have memories of McDaniel to share?