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Potential school shooter disarmed ... and hugged!

Posted: Sat Oct 19, 2019 10:32 pm
by Eris
https://abcnews.go.com/US/video-shows-o ... d=66389192
Stunning surveillance footage captured the moment a high school coach in Oregon disarmed a student with a shotgun and then held him in his arms.

Keanon Lowe, a football and track and field coach at Parkrose High School, can be seen walking through the hallways and entering a classroom on May 17.

When he next emerges, he is holding a shotgun and backing away from student Angel Granados-Diaz before another teacher comes up and takes the weapon away.
(MORE: Football coach hailed as hero for disarming gunman outside high school)

Then, in an extraordinary moment, Lowe embraces Granados-Diaz and the two hug for at least a minute.

Re: Potential school shooter disarmed ... and hugged!

Posted: Sat Oct 19, 2019 11:55 pm
by nigel
This young man had one cartridge I believe. And he pointed the gun at himself. A cry for help. I hope it works.

Re: Potential school shooter disarmed ... and hugged!

Posted: Sun Oct 20, 2019 1:39 am
by K9s
Sad story.

Re: Potential school shooter disarmed ... and hugged!

Posted: Sun Oct 20, 2019 10:35 am
by highdesert
Prosecutors and Granados-Diaz's attorney said that the former student went to the school to commit suicide. This month, Granados-Diaz pleaded guilty to possessing a firearm in a public building and possession of a loaded firearm in public. After a plea agreement, Granados-Diaz received 36 months of probation and will undergo substance abuse and mental health treatment.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/n ... 038144002/

Gutsy move by the coach, I assume he knew the student well enough to know he wasn't going to get shot. Good result, no one injured.

Re: Potential school shooter disarmed ... and hugged!

Posted: Sun Oct 20, 2019 12:36 pm
by HuckleberryFun
This happened just a few miles from me. I’ve been to that HS campus several times.
There was an actual school shooting in 2014 in Troutdale, near Portland, where the shooter killed a student and himself.
The coach has become something of a local hero for the way he handled the situation.

Re: Potential school shooter disarmed ... and hugged!

Posted: Sun Oct 20, 2019 1:06 pm
by YankeeTarheel
K9s wrote: Sun Oct 20, 2019 1:39 amSad story.
Could have been a lot sadder. Nobody died or got shot. Now he can get help.

Re: Potential school shooter disarmed ... and hugged!

Posted: Sun Oct 20, 2019 1:30 pm
by K9s
Yeah, but for a kid to go that far. Luckily he stepped back from the edge.