Video shows Oregon coach disarming student then embracing him before police arrive (1 Viewer)

[BobE]

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.

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

Video shows Oregon coach disarming student then embracing him before police arrive

Video showed the moment Oregon coach Keanon Lowe disarmed and embraced a student who entered the school with a shotgun.

abcnews.go.com

Give this man a statue, street name, pay raise and all the boat-n-hoes he wants

*Mods if wrong board please forgive me*

 

[MT15]

That was amazing and totally frightening. awe-inspiring even.

 

[Maxp]

I believe the goal of the student was to commit suicide. Heart wrenching moment.

 

[GMRfellowtraveller]

Coach Bhignutz for teacher of the year

 

[MT15]

I also saw where the footage was obtained through a Freedom of Information request and the school has said that it violates the student’s privacy. I do feel for the student, as I presume he will be bombarded with stupid comments and threats on social media now, when this had probably died down since the event happened. I hope the former student is in a much better place mentally by this point.