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Video Shows Oklahoma Principal Tackle Gunman at Pauls Valley High School

Newly released surveillance confirms a quick, trained response that now guides the investigation.

Overview

  • The footage released Tuesday shows Principal Kirk Moore bursting from an office, driving the gunman onto a lobby bench, and holding him until help arrived.
  • The attack unfolded April 7 when former student Victor Lee Hawkins, 20, entered the school with two pistols, ordered people to the ground, and fired after an initial gun malfunction.
  • Moore was shot in the leg during the struggle, another staff member kicked the handgun away and secured it, and authorities said no students were injured.
  • According to an arrest affidavit, Hawkins studied Columbine, said he intended to kill students, staff, and Moore, and admitted taking two of his father’s guns without permission.
  • Hawkins remains jailed on $1 million bond on charges including shooting with intent to kill, a preliminary hearing is set for May 8, and state investigators are still examining who opened the door that let him in.