A picture made its way around the world after the Las Vegas shooting, of a man who bravely shielded a woman from bullets with his body as the concert he was at turned into a warzone.

Even as bullets rained from on high, he protected the woman, who lay on the floor in distress.

Many were wondering who the heroic man was - and it appears he has been identified.

Friends of Matthew Cobos, a young man who is in the US Army, have identified him from the picture.

Jason Maddy, who was in the army with him, said: "Just found out because I'm in Puerto Rico, but this is one of my very own former Soldiers from White Platoon, B TRP 2-14 CAV from Hawaii that is in this picture, Matthew Cobos, who saved people's lives!!!!