Harrowing video shows the moment an Oklahoma school principal tackled a former student after reportedly getting shot.
The 60-year-old principal, Kirk Moore, was seen confronting 20-year-old Victor Lee Hawkins at Pauls Valley High School after the Columbine-obsessed ex-student allegedly brandished two loaded handguns. Security video captured the entire event from the moment Hawkins walked into the school shouting “get on the ground” while pointing his gun, until he was disarmed by Moore, who had been in a room just off camera.
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***JUST IN: VIDEO SHOWS MOMENTS HERO PRINCIPAL TACKLES GUNMAN***
We have obtained security video from last week’s shooting at Pauls Valley High School, showing the moments principal Kirk Moore jumped on top of a gunman as he attempted to shoot multiple students. @kfor pic.twitter.com/MXZzsAeJJL
— Spencer Humphrey (@SHumphreyTV) April 14, 2026
The shooter’s gun malfunctioned while he was allegedly trying to shoot at a student in the lobby, and after he stepped behind a vending machine to clear the weapon, he emerged again and fired a shot at another student, who reportedly put his hands up and asked the man not to shoot him. According to court documents reviewed by KFOR, he lowered his firearm and told both students to leave.
Moore emerged into the lobby to investigate, confronting the shooter and allegedly being shot in the right leg before tackling and disarming him on a school lobby couch. The principal, who was the only one hurt during the altercation, held the suspect until law enforcement arrived. According to KFOR, Hawkins not only admitted to bringing firearms into the school, but admitted that he did so “with the intent of killing students, [faculty], and finally himself.” The chilling motive? He “did not like Principal Moore” and “went to the high school to kill Moore,” and because he “wanted to conduct his own school shooting like the Columbine shooters did.”
The heroic principal was taken to the hospital for his injury and is being celebrated for ending what could have been a horrific tragedy.
X users reacted to the video:
Dayum! That principle is a hero and a badass! Well done sir.
— BuddyHarley (@BuddyHarley44) April 14, 2026
The cowards in the uvalde police department should be forced to watch this every day before their shifts start. Props to that principal!
— Mathias (@MDougy7) April 14, 2026
Dude in red like… “Let’s just go put this gun waaaaaaaaay over here…”
— Ninjakick (@NinjakickX) April 14, 2026
Where is the go fund me to buy that guy forever beers?
— wilbret (@wilbret) April 14, 2026
We need more people like this man who are willing to put others before themselves! My hero!
— Rosebud 💙 (@MustProtestNow) April 15, 2026
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Sierra Marlee is a millennial whose hunger for the truth in a world of fake news has led her to write. Marlee also contributes to BizPac Review.
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