A high school principal is being hailed a hero after he tackled a would-be shooter before the gunman opened fire on students last week. Kirk Moore, the principal at Pauls Valley High School in Pauls Valley, Oklahoma, was reportedly shot in the leg as he charged the gunman. The gunman was a former student, 20-year-old Victor Hawkins. “When the principal and other school staff members spotted Hawkins, they attempted to subdue him, leading to a shooting,” the school said in a press release last week.
“The principal was the only individual injured during the incident,” it said. “Because of the efforts of the school staff, they stopped Hawkins from potentially injuring other staff members and students,” the school said.
