Principal Moore tackles the shooter in the top right of this image released by Pauls Valley High School
At an Oklahoma High School, an unlikely candidate was recently crowned Prom King: Principal Kirk Moore.
Moore was recently hailed as a hero by the students after he disarmed a gunmen entering Pauls Valley High School, receiving a gunshot wound in the process.
Security camera footage captured the suspected gunman and former Pauls Valley student Victor Hawkins enter the school with a handgun and point it at several students in the lobby.
That’s when Moore came flying out of his office, tackling the young man to the ground before another staff member came and removed the weapon.
Moore was airlifted to the hospital to undergo treatment, and was up on his feet again not long after.
At the best night of their lives later that month, the students welcomed Kirk Moore to the dancehall to raucous applause where he received the crown.
Now in jail, Hawkins awaits trial on May 8th where he will face various firearms and shooting charges.
“The actions of the staff and the principal stepping in as soon as they saw a subject with a firearm saved lives,” Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation spokesman Hunter McKee said following the incident.
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