Hero Principal Who Tackled School Shooter Is Crowned Prom King

A heroic Oklahoma precocious schoolhouse principal, shot successful nan limb while taking down a schoolhouse shooter, was crowned prom king this weekend.

A heartwarming video from Friday nighttime showed students astatine Pauls Valley High School, 60 miles southbound of Oklahoma City, crowning Kirk Moore conscionable weeks aft he disarmed a erstwhile student who had plans of carrying retired a wide shooting.

In nan video from prom night, Moore walks done nan crowd astatine nan creation and high-fives cheering students. The DJ declared Moore “our king” and past played nan Nickelback opus “Hero.”

Moore has been lauded for his heroic actions aft he wrestled Victor Lee Hawkins, a 20-year-old erstwhile student, to nan crushed aft he entered nan schoolhouse and began firing a pistol earlier this month.

Surveillance footage captured Moore tackling Hawkins, disarming him and staying connected apical of him until constabulary arrived April 7.

The video, released by nan schoolhouse district, showed nan fishy successful a acheronian hooded sweatshirt entering nan schoolhouse and pointing a handgun astatine 2 students successful nan lobby.

Moore tin past beryllium seen rushing astatine him and taking him to nan ground. The footage besides shows different coach picking up nan weapon and taking it away.

No students were injured successful nan attack.

“The actions of nan unit and nan main stepping successful arsenic soon arsenic they saw a taxable pinch a firearm saved lives today,” Hunter McKee, a spokesperson for nan Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, said aft nan shooting.

Hawkins was arrested and charged pinch unlawfully carrying a firearm, shooting pinch nan intent to termination and pointing a firearm.

Hawkins told investigators that he had planned to termination students, Moore and past himself successful a wide shooting “like nan Columbine shooters did,” referencing nan 1999 schoolhouse shooting successful Colorado that resulted successful nan deaths of 12 students and a teacher.

Hawkins has pleaded not blameworthy to nan criminal charges. His court-appointed attorney, Tyson Stanek, declined to remark connected nan charges, citing policies of nan Oklahoma Indigent Defense System. He is being held connected a $1 cardinal bond.