A high school football and track coach in Portland, Oregon, was celebrated as a hero earlier this year after he disarmed a student with a shotgun
The student walked into a classroom at Parkrose High School in May, intending to use the firearm to take his own life, the Multnomah County District Attorney's office said in a statement last week. At the time, reports said the coach, Keanon Lowe, tackled the student. But according to emotional surveillance footage released by the district attorney's office Friday, Lowe did nothing of the sort. Instead, he embraced the student.
Lowe, who was a standout wide receiver for the University of Oregon between 2010 and 2014, told reporters at the time that they had an"emotional" moment together, according to CNN affiliate KATU. "In that time, I felt compassion for him," Lowe said."A lot of times, especially when you're young, you don't realize what you're doing until it's over." The district attorney's office said Granados-Diaz had made suicidal statements to another student.
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